[Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist

[Jack Laird]

Can also put the car up on jacks.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Eldred" <redscirocco at hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>; <billyzoom at billyzoom.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 1:23 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist


>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>
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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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