[Healeys] Engine lift

Tue Aug 2 20:48:52 MDT 2022

It’s so much easier to move the car rather than the engine, get the engine on a hoist with an angle adjuster, then use the front wheels to move the car forwards as you lower the hoist (it’s very easy to move the car rather than the engine as there is no weight) so drop the engine a couple of inches, move the car and adjust the angle on the hoist. If you need to you can use a wheeled Jack to lower the overdrive end onto which helps move the whole lump. I managed to get the engine, gearbox and overdrive as one unit in about 10 minutes in my own doing it this way.

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bruce Steele via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 4:04:49 PM
To: 'Al Fuller' <alfuller194 at gmail.com>; Healeys at autox.team.net <Healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Engine lift

Plus you can raise or lower the car a bit as you finagle the hoist/engine leveler as you wiggle the engine in.

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Al Fuller
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 10:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Engine lift

I agree – you need to get the car up off the ground a little!  After all my work building up my car from a basket case of parts and a new frame – we scratched the underside of the frame on both sides sliding the engine hoist under it… ☹

FWIW, having the car up a little also makes it a little easier to have clearance for the tail of the trans mission to go down before rotating upwards to its level position.

Al Fuller

Fuller Compliance, Inc.

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Engine lift

Should have added the reason for raising the car a few inches is so you can slide the cherry picker in and out.  Mine just clears the inside track of the tires.

Rick

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On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 3:02 PM HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com<mailto:healeyrik at gmail.com>> wrote:

A few more tips. Your cherry picker is going to have to raise to a pretty high angle to clear everything, so make sure your ceiling and garage door give you enough room before you have the engine and trans hanging over the shroud.

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I've done it as a one-man job but it's easier if you have a second to guide the transmission and make sure it doesn't scratch anything.  It helps to raise the front of the car a few inches. Pad the front of the shroud well to prevent scratches. An engine leveler helps. Make sure all your chains will take the weight, a friend had one snap right as everything was hanging over the front of the shroud, not pretty. Remove the gear shift lever. Observe how time slows down as you hold your breath when the lump is hanging over the shroud. Have plenty of drinks on hand to celebrate when disaster was avoided.

Good luck,

Rick Neville

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On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 10:39 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net<mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:

With the 6-cyl cars, try not to bash the throttle cross shaft in the top of the transmission tunnel. If bent, it will affect gas pedal feel and, while the engine's out I recommend installing the teflon bushes on the shaft. If they've never been replaced they are almost certainly toast.

On 7/27/2022 10:56 AM, HealeyRick wrote:

Having done this a few times, I'd install the engine and trans together.  Getting the trans lined up requires a lot of rotational twisting of a heavy trans.  No thanks.

Rick Neville

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On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:58 PM Bruce Steele via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net<mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>> wrote:

Having pulled and installed the engine and trans as a unit twice and the trans once, I’m 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’d 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’d rather connect the engine and trans out of the car and install them as a unit.  But that’s just me.

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

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