[Healeys] Engine lift

[HealeyRick]

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> 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> 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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