[Mgs] [MG-MGB] Engine In!

[Dan DiBiase]

Yes, and I didn't recall having this issue when I pulled everything out. If I had a 3/4-ton slot on the lift, that probably
would have been perfect. Fortunately, I was using straps to reinstall. If I had been using chain attached to the rocker
bolts, I'm not sure I would have had enough play to swing it in. I ended up loosening the rear strap once it was almost
in, and that seemed to allow for enough rearward movement so we could push it back.

 Dan D
Central NJ USA
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----- Original Message ----
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: MG-MGB at yahoogroups.com; MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:46:28 AM
Subject: Re: [MG-MGB] Engine In!

Had the same problem getting just the engine out and back in to change the clutch, also on the hottest couple of days this summer.  I had to go in from the side, and even then it only just reached, with the arm in its *furthest*/lowest weight position.  That meant I had to drag the hoist plus engine sideways to get it to clear the first motion shaft, with the engine pulled forward and tied off to the bonnet slam panel to stop it swinging about.  Replacement was the reverse of removal.  In all the accounts I had read over the years no one mentioned this potential problem with hoists.

PaulH.

  ----- Original Message ----- 


  ... One issue I ran into was that with the engine crane set on the 1-ton
  setting, the arm was just about 8 inches too short
  . 
  

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