By all means I would use a lifting plate if I had access to one. JC Whitney
sells a
device that lets you adjust the angle when lifting Al I had was chains
attached
to the manifold bolts and small hydraulic jack with wheels under the trans.
By that was 26 years ago. Has it been that long? I may be getting old.
I should have added that while the engine crane is attached, install the
exhaust manifold (or headers) and starter.
Dave Medicare starts in January.
In a message dated 11/23/2008 11:01:27 A.M. Central Standard Time,
achd73@yahoo.com writes:
Dave and All- While respecting Dave to the max and know his Beam knowledge
is in the top percentile. I have to say that using the lift plate mounted to
the intake fixes the bottle jack under the trans. The plate has three lifting
holes which allows the engine/tranny to be lifted level or tilted either
direction while allowing the ability to lift the front or push down as well.
It
makes reinstalling the engine/trans from the top or the bottom a much easier
task. Someone posted a url of the lift plate some months back and although
mine is homade, using an orginal as a template, I cant imangine using any
other
tool to RandR any engine or engine and tranny, no matter what model auto and
especially the Tiger. It doesnt work on a 1725 Alpine engine but anything
with an intake becomes much easier.
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