I second the motion on the SAMS floor hoist. Very capable, not as big of a
storage problem as I thought, and now I can lift just about anything!
Try British Parts Northwest, The Roadster Factory, or Moss Motors for TR
parts.
Good luck,
MRB
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Cole [SMTP:racrcole@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 8:48 PM
> To: Douglas Shook; Shop Talk
> Subject: Re: Beam for chain hoist
>
>
> Douglas Shook wrote:
> >
> >-- can anybody else do so?), but now I need to pull the engine from my
> >TR6.
> >
> >Anyway, I plan to mount a hand chain hoist above a bay in my garage that
>
> >I could buy one of those floor engine hoists for ~$200, but then I need
> >to store it in the shop someplace, and I don't have a lot of room to
> >spare
>
> Get the floor hoist, you'll be glad you did. I bought a fold-up model at
> Sam's Club for less than $240. When you aren't using it, just remove a
> couple of bolts and raise the long front legs to a vertical position. It
> has pins to hold the legs vertical. Put it away in the corner. Mine takes
> up only about 26"X18" of floor space. the 18" being how far it sticks
> out
> away from the wall.
>
> later,
>
> David Cole
>
> BTW, my brother and I and soon to be restoring a 59 TR3. Does anyone have
> any good online sources for parts, starting with floorpans?
>
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