Lifting the engine without a hoist?

BillytheImpaler said:
Jeebus! You've changed the head hundreds of times and the block's still kicking around? What was wrong with it that you had to service it so frequently?
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stuborn series of problems and 2 different cars witht he same engine, done 7 headgaskets on these engines, hence taking it out now to sort it once and for all.
 
Simon said:
Get really annoyed about something.

I managed to lift the engine block out of my old rover like this. Failing that, a sturdy bar tied to the engine with a person at each end.
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hahaha, fantastic! :D

"Arghhhh, I drive a grandad car"

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

:D
 
Screw lifting big parts of engines out can do your self a serious injury that could result in you knacking your back for life, just get/use the proper tools for the job tbh.

Sorry to be the nanny but I've seen such injuries first hand they aint nice..
 
My older brother used the Solid metal rood fram of his shed to get his engine out of his ol scoob :D

Put a chain over the bar and had a couple people help him hoist it out :p

Or if you are lazy, Hook the chain on another car and drive forward to pull it out :D
 
Tom|Nbk said:
Screw lifting big parts of engines out can do your self a serious injury that could result in you knacking your back for life, just get/use the proper tools for the job tbh.

Sorry to be the nanny but I've seen such injuries first hand they aint nice..
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I'd agree for most people it's a bad idea, but there are some pretty strong people on this forum ;)
 
I remember changing the engine on a Mk2 Cortina by standing on the wing, with a mate on the other wing and the engine suspended between us by thick rope and a large piece of 4x4 post over our shoulders.

Suprisingly neither of us went through the wing, or fell off.

We heaved the thing up on to the rad/grille, then climbed off the car (while my mates missus held the engine steady) and heaved it clear of the car down onto some wooden blocks. Fitting was merely a reversal :D

If you take the bonnet off the Spit and remove the rad, you should be able to lift it and walk it forward between two people, I'd have thought. You won't need to get it very high to clear the chassis.
 
Remove the bonnet so engine can be taken out forwards.
Tie some ropes around either end of engine
Couple of scaffold poles or similar with the ropes looped over them.
A strong mate.

Alternatively save the hernias and rent a hoist for the weekend, they aren't very expensive.
 
You should be able to get that out without a crane without too much grief. Take that flipfront off and take the rad out. Take all the ancillaries and the head off and drain the oil to make life a bit easier. Support the weight with a jack and slide it off the gearbox spline and two of you should be able to just lift it out the front. Putting it back in is harder without a crane though, takes a lot more grunting and swearing
 
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