[Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Sun Nov 14 13:30:59 MST 2010


Mike...   Put a 3 foot length of 2x4 under each front tire. You can now get
the lift under the A-arms and also roll the car forward and back as
needed.....   I've used 3 different manufactures of lifts and none have made
under the A-arms...

Cheers!!
Jim

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Mike Eldred <redscirocco at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I have one of the Harbor Freight engine cranes, too.  I just finished a
> clutch
> job on my Midget using it.
> I ran into the same problem - the frame legs hit the A-arms on my Midget
> when
> I tried to roll the crane udner the car (or more precisely, when I tried to
> roll the car over the frame legs).  I solved the problem by taking the
> wheels
> off the hoist.  Because of the way it's constructed, I did have to put
> boards
> under the legs to level things up.  But it worked just fine.
>
> -Mike Eldred
> Wilmington, VT
>
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:12:59 -0800
> From: Billy Zoom <billyzoom at billyzoom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] what does a shortblock weigh?
> To: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8 at tx.rr.com>
> Cc: "spridgets at autox.team.net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Message-ID: <C904779B.2BB6E%billyzoom at billyzoom.com<C904779B.2BB6E%25billyzoom at billyzoom.com>
> >
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> > come-along at Harbor Freight for $15.
> I have a nice engine hoist, but the frame won't fit between the wheels of a
> Sprite.


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