That hoist sure made "fine tuning" engine position easy for my conversion. i.e. getting the drive train level with the vehicle, then measuring up and making the parts for the engine carrier. It was also really useful for setting the best engine height. And it also worked great to get the engine in. --- ;^) Neil.
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM, The Westy man <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > Amaizing how little recognition that simple device I made, to take out and > istall the engine to make it a joy, received. And for me to read about > double jacks and all kind of obvious struggles with platforms and what not, > is really a puzzle why most don't realized the simplicity without lifting > the car both sides. > Well, we are not all the same, I guess. I went through my struggles myself > too. > Zoltan |
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