[Healeys] Engine lift

[HealeyRick]

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> 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> 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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