[Mgs] watch your chains

[riverside]

Aaron, I am happy to hear that there was no real harm done and all is ok.
I  had an experiance with an engine lift when I was in my mid teens. (story 
follows,
you can delete now)  Backyard, hoist on a stout limb in the shadetree, 
engine swap in
a `58 Edsel, a very heavy V-8 engine.  The car owner and I sitting on the 
fenders
while my older brother and another freind were under the car giving 
instructions  as we
moved the engine about and they tried to align the automatic transmission. 
It was a
difficult installation and did not want to line-up. After several tries and 
many minutes
had passed, we thought we would never get it in place.  The chain holding 
the
engine broke and the engine fell with a solid thunk!!!   Instead of the 
yells of pain
that I expected,  from under the car came ..." HOLD IT right there,
thats perfect !"
  We didn't tell them about the broken chain until they had finished and 
crawled out
from under the car.
   Since then I have always made sure that my lifting equipment was  proper 
with
a good safety factor.  I still think of the injuries that could have 
happened.
 I haven't dropped  a lift since.   Well... there was that Spitfire that 
went
nose first off of the hoist....but that is another story.

Ron Sanborn
Swisher, Iowa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Whiteman" <awhitema at panix.com>
To: "MG Mailing List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:10 AM
Subject: [Mgs] watch your chains


> Yesterday, while re-installing my engine, the chain broke.  Fortunately, 
> it
> was in a position where no serious harm was done to the engine, the car, 
> or
> me.
>
> Don't mess around with those things, or you might get to experience the 
> same
> slo-mo ('nooooooo!') experience as I.
>
> --
> Aaron
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