[Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist

[Dean Hedin]

Alternatively you can remove the frame legs and then run the legs 
under rear section of the hoist and then c-clamp them in place.
Viola! Legs now fit under car. It can be done with two c-clamps. 
I actually thought about drilling holes and making a bolt up option.

Email me off list if you want a picture of how it was done.

-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim Johnson
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 3:31 PM
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist

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