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Re: [Healeys] Engine lift

To: "'Michael MacLean'" <springer.mike51@gmail.com>, "'Roland Wilhelmy'" <sentenac.rw@gmail.com>, "'Ahealey help'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Engine lift
From: Bruce Steele via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:13:11 -0700
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Having pulled and installed the engine and trans as a unit twice and the =
trans once, I=E2=80=99m of the opinion that installing the engine =
without the trans is probably easier as far as the engine itself goes.  =
The clearances between the top of the bellhousing and the firewall and =
the crank pulley and front cross member are small, requiring a lot of =
finesse and small adjustments to wiggle the unit in place.  Plus someone =
with a strong back and a belt under the tail of the trans/OD is needed =
to lift it up over the X brace.  However if done separately, =
you=E2=80=99d have to get the fore-aft vertical alignment right and then =
support the aft end of the engine while you align the input shaft to the =
pilot bearing and bolt the bellhousing to the engine.  That  was no =
piece of cake for me when I had the trans out with the engine in place.  =
On balance, I=E2=80=99d rather connect the engine and trans out of the =
car and install them as a unit.  But that=E2=80=99s just me.

=20

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

=20

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of =
Michael MacLean
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 1:30 AM
To: Roland Wilhelmy <sentenac.rw@gmail.com>; Ahealey help =
<healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Engine lift

=20

How difficult is it to drop the engine in first then the trans through =
the passenger compartment?

Mike macLean

=20

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 8:07 PM Roland Wilhelmy <sentenac.rw@gmail.com =

Mike, I R&Rd both a six and a four by myself. You can do it too. If it =
doesn't look right or feel right just back everything up and start over =
when you are fresh. Cover the shroud and the opening with towels or =
movers blankets to give you another quarter inch to change your mind. =
With the engine and tranny combo you will be tilting the engine a lot. =
Either raise the car an inch or so or be prepared to crawl underneath =
and pull the tranny tail back. Watch the sheet metal interface with the =
engine block.=20

-Roland

=20

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022, 4:15 PM Michael MacLean <springer.mike51@gmail.com =

I have a cherry picker and a load leveler to lift the engine for my BN2. =
 What's the best way to attach the lift to the engine to install it in =
the car?

Mike MacLean

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vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Having pulled and =
installed the engine and trans as a unit twice and the trans once, =
I=E2=80=99m of the opinion that installing the engine without the trans =
is probably easier as far as the engine itself goes.=C2=A0 The =
clearances between the top of the bellhousing and the firewall and the =
crank pulley and front cross member are small, requiring a lot of =
finesse and small adjustments to wiggle the unit in place.=C2=A0 Plus =
someone with a strong back and a belt under the tail of the trans/OD is =
needed to lift it up over the X brace.=C2=A0 However if done separately, =
you=E2=80=99d have to get the fore-aft vertical alignment right and then =
support the aft end of the engine while you align the input shaft to the =
pilot bearing and bolt the bellhousing to the engine.=C2=A0 That =
=C2=A0was no piece of cake for me when I had the trans out with the =
engine in place.=C2=A0 On balance, I=E2=80=99d rather connect the engine =
and trans out of the car and install them as a unit.=C2=A0 But =
that=E2=80=99s just me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Bruce =
Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Brea, =
CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>1960 =
BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS",sans-serif'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span><=
/b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> =
Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of =
</b>Michael MacLean<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 27, 2022 1:30 =
AM<br><b>To:</b> Roland Wilhelmy &lt;sentenac.rw@gmail.com&gt;; Ahealey =
help &lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] =
Engine lift<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>How difficult is it to drop the engine in first then =
the trans through the passenger compartment?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Mike macLean<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 8:07 PM Roland Wilhelmy &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:sentenac.rw@gmail.com";>sentenac.rw@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Mike, I R&amp;Rd both a six and a four by myself. You =
can do it too. If it doesn't look right or feel right just back =
everything up and start over when you are fresh. Cover the shroud and =
the opening with towels or movers blankets to give you another quarter =
inch to change your mind. With the engine and tranny combo you will be =
tilting the engine a lot. Either raise the car an inch or so or be =
prepared to crawl underneath and pull the tranny tail back. Watch the =
sheet metal interface with the engine block.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>-Roland<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
Tue, Jul 26, 2022, 4:15 PM Michael MacLean &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:springer.mike51@gmail.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">springer.mike51@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I =
have a cherry picker and a load leveler to lift the engine for my =
BN2.&nbsp; What's the best way to attach the lift to the engine to =
install it in the car?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Mike =
MacLean<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
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