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re: Midget engine pulling

To: Randell Jesup <jesup@scala.scala.com>
Subject: re: Midget engine pulling
From: Agustin de la Calle <delacall@bcmp.med.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 11:23:27 -0500 (EST)
Randell,
I think once the engine is out of the Midget and free of surrounding 
obstructions it shouldn't be a problem to move it around, but beware of 
lifting it with a bent back out of the car. Ouch! That can ruin your day.

Cheers,
        Gus

Randell wrote:
>       Midget engines are light, for a 4-cyl iron engine.  In my 
>younger days
> I pulled a sprite engine (sans head, trans, accessories) by hand.  That's
> right, no pulleys, no rope, etc (though I did have my brother on the other
> side).  And this wasn't a bugeye, it was a MK II.  I'd say, though, it wasn't
> a really smart idea, and in retrospect I probably wouldn't do it again
> (and I'm not 19 anymore either).
> -- 
> Randell Jesup, Scala US R&D
> Randell.Jesup@scala.com
> 


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