A regular hoist will, as you state, allow for x & Y movement. With my TR3,
I needed to move the engine/tranny combo in both directions to get it
completely installed without dinging any paint. Moving the car should work
fine.
On the other hand, the nice thing about TR's is that you can drop the tranny
in through the cockpit pretty easily.
Jack
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From: shop-talk-bounces+jibjib=att.net@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces+jibjib=att.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of old
dirtbeard
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:06 PM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] hoist and trolley for engine installation
Hi guys,
Ready to replace the engine and transmission in my '74 TR6, and my "new"
garage has a 10"x4"x3/8" I-beam across one of the bays (the guy who built it
clearly put it there for a hoist). It also is pre-wired for 240 AC in case I
wanted an electric hoist.
Looking at McMaster, I see a = ton hand chain CM 622 hoist and trolley
combination for about $300 and a one ton combo for about $360.
I am not going to be pulling engines daily (or even yearly), so installing a
hoist would be an indulgence (one I would like to think I deserve), but I do
have a pretty good hydraulic floor engine hoist I used to take the engine
out, so I could use it to put it back in. But a trolley hoist would seem
like a nice addition to the garage nonetheless.
My questions for the group are:
1. Would the above CM 622 work well or would you recommend some other
options?
2. Electric would be nice, but they are pretty pricey - any ideas for
locating a used hoist (I am in the Los Angeles area if there are some locals
here - Randall?)
3. I am assuming that an I-beam hoist will be a lot nicer to use than
a floor hoist, but what is your experience? (here I am wondering about
positioning the engine - the trolley will allow me lateral movement, but for
fore and aft, I suppose I would need to push the car as opposed to pushing
the floor hoist around -- car could not be on jack stands, etc.).
Any other tips or advice would be appreciated greatly before I spend
unwisely. Thank you.
best,
doug
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