dumb question
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i don't have an engine hoist, and i might be getting an engine from someone, i was wondering whether 2 adults could lift a whole engine and box into the boot of a car without the hoist??
i'll be buying one soon but i can't afford it at the moment.

Yes provided you are both on lightweights!

Done it loads of times, helps if you can take off as much as you can ie, starter,altenater,manifolds etc.

strap it in tight and expect water & oil to come out.

yeh, as above really, i went a bought a turbo engine complete, me and my mate turned up in my m*tro and the guy asked when we were coming to pick it up. he thought we were joking when i said we were going to put it in the boot!!! does tend to make the car very back heavy, i went back across the ferry (poole - swanage if anyone knows the area) and it was low tide, so the back of the car bottemed out quite badly!!

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

shouldnt be a problem, ive just lifted mine half way out on my own, im to short 2lift it the rest of the my, coz altho im 6ft, the car is also on stands!!!

it may b small but it purfectly formed
http://photobucket.com/albums/v340/1976_mi...roject%20turbo/

I know a guy who swears his mum is able to lift one straight out on her own. I near burst my stomach laughing so hard.

However, a few weeks later i met his mum, who is well over 6ft tall and must weigh in excess of 30 stone. Maybe she can.....i aint going to question her in case she knocks me out.

I gotta hoist !!!

TurboLessTosser

sorry to gloat !!

but me and my mate tried to lift one once into the back of his fiesta ...

I ended up with my b0llox in my mouth

IMPOSSIBLE !!

I am a small guy though ; I only ever been able to lift one with me and two mates !!!

Grins

S

TurboLessTosser

Me and my old boy can lift a fully assembled metro turbo engine into a car or out of an engine bay no probs. Im not very big and he's slightly smaller than me.
Not that bad at all really, im always lifting engines about.

I bought an engine crane with a scissor type mechanism of some old guy who was retiring. Best ?80 I ever spent!

Would be easy as hell to make!

Paul.

i know the area well, have been well bevvied in the "Jolly Sailor" a few times on the "poole quay" sesh!

well bevvied, not like you jon

Team Racing

what did you spend the ?80.00 on jon

The putting in and geeting out an engine from a car boot is simple, just use a plank of wood and walk it up the plank. done this a couple of times. not sure it would wrk putting it into an engine bay tho...

i use my big 1tonne folding crane for that!!!

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

if you look at the pic on jon's profile, there he is pulling his engine out without a crane at avonpark, while drinking beer

Team Racing

i take the beer is to numb the back pain from doing that, in which case i better buy a crate

Edited by clubman_dan on 14th May, 2004.

the beer is to put up with mark!

Team Racing

sauber..?80??..lost me..

my 1 ton folding crane was ?130 from machine mart, one of the welds on the stand had broke (the little leg for storage so nothing major!) ad i got a load of money off! worth every penny.

I bought a electric chain hoist to hang from the roof for 50 Euro (about 30 Pound) from an internet auction site.
keep your eyes open, something will turn up, I am a very old guy and used to lift stuf with my back. now i am very happy with this item.

i will get a hoist for putting it my engine bay and removing the old engine, but i cant be arsed to get one to bring the engine home

I use my punchbag bracket on the wall of my garage! push the cars under it, and use pulleys strapped to the welded ring for hte punch bag! Its held to the wlal by 6 hugs bolts.

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

just lift it out , trolley jack as hi as u can and then bear hug it out ,once your past the point of no return the fear of dropping it and breaking legs and or engine gives you amazing strengths that you never knew you had.

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

but mark, you're a super hero

Team Racing

Go brownbottle go!

Mark's right... I did that getting my 1st turbo engine into a camper van... bloke I brought it off was about 85 years old and couldn't help me lift it, which I was kinda betting on...

oh well, I got it in there!

alex

AlexF