where is a good place to lift the motor with a cherry picker, are some places better than others? i have looked, would it be easier to make a thing to bolt to the motor with a hole for a hook cut into it?
any help is appreciated
thanks,
NATE

 

Nate,
I have two bolts I use and a lenght of chain (which has links large enough for both bolts to pass thru). One bolt is the same thread/diameter as a bellhousing bolt but it's longer. I pull the 2nd-to-the-top bellhousing bolt on the pass. side and thread this longer bolt through one of the chain-links and into the bellhousing bolt hole. I have found that the stock bellhousing bolt is not long enough to pass thru the chain and still thread into the block. The 2nd bolt threads into one of the holes on the front of the driver's side head. Same deal (thread bolt thru one of the chain links and into the head).
I have seen people use the intake manifold bolts...me no likey this. I have also seen brackets you can buy which bolt on in place of your carb and have a hook on the top. I just cannot fathom lifting an engine by the carb mounting studs.
Ohio Bill

 

If the exhaust manifolds are still on the motor, I just loop the chains around the manifolds. If not, I use angle brackets attached using the head bolts (remove the head bolt and reinstall it through the hole in the bracket), and hook the chains onto the brackets. I, too, wouldn't try to lift a motor with the carb mounting studs, though lots of people do it that way. I suppose it is o.k. if you strip the engine first to reduce weight (I often pull the motor/tranny as a unit, which is VERY heavy), and only do it with iron intake manifolds. I would never try it with an aluminum intake manifold.

 

thanks much, hopefully with any luck and the use of a kearosene heater, i will have my motor in my truck tomarow
THanks
NATE