Anyone remember that wooden home made engine hoist a while back on here? i cant specifically remember what forum it was in so i posted in here. anyone know how to make one? or how it worked? i dont want to rent a hoist from somewhere when i dont even know how long it would take me to pull and engine out and put a new one in. TIA

 

With most of these cars, you can drop in downward and lift car w/o engine over the engine. No lift required. I wouldnt trust a wooden tool for anything automotive.

 

might want to check forced induction forum.. I believe that post was from there.. but I don;t know for sure.. but the wood hoist did work.. even though it was HUGE

 

yeah i remember that post but i have no idea what to search under to find it....looked like a big porch swing or something lol. just be careful in building it so that its strong enough.

 

well, this isnt wooden, and its not your typical engine hoist...but i figured i'd post it. When i did my swap i didn't have the money to buy a $200+ hoist, and to rent one it was $30-$40/day (i was going to need the hoist for at least 3 days... so thats almost as much as buying one!). I ended up buying a chain hoist off of ebay. It cost me under $50 shipped for a 1 ton chain hoist.

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The only bad part about this type of hoist is that its a fixed position, so you need ot move the car under the hoist, lift the motor, then roll the car back out from underneath so you can lower the motor back down and out of the car. But honestly it didn't make for any difficulties. Lining the car and hoist up was surprisingly easy and didn't cause any complications....i've pulled 2 motors and swapped in 1 so far, and all went smoothly. The chain is a little rickety (it jerks a little when raising/lowering it) but not bad at all considering its $200 cheaper than your avg engine hoist.

 

i paid 160$ for my lift
worth every penny.

 

Paid 216 here.

Only used it once, now I need to get rid of it..

 

thats a damn good price!


[Modified by 91IntegGS, 1:25 AM 11/23/2002]

 

Yep harbor freight. brand new.

 

damn I need to check out harbor freight.. I have one of there stores like 2 blocks away literally.. hmm

 

$125 baby!!!

 

Mine was free, borrowed it from some of the local domestic guys. They wanted to know if I was lifting a motor or my whole car. Sadly enough, I could lift my car and then some....

 

i see you couldnt get the bitch pin off

 

haha that pin is a bitch. Not too bad if the car is high enough off of the ground though.

 

Excuse me, I don't understand where did the motor go??? What is that crane thingy and who are those guys??? Also where do you put the motor??? How do you drive the car then??? Sorrie I'm confused...hehe Latez


[Modified by JDMspecEG6, 2:26 PM 11/26/2002]

 

91tegGs, is that thing hanging from your garage door track? It sure looks like it. When I do mine I try to borrow a hoist otherwise I use a pully hanging from the rafters of my garge, of course I use horizontal/vertical supports to hold the weight.

 

no, definitely not! If it was i doubt it'd be holding the motor. I placed 2 2x4's on the ceiling and then screwed them into the 2x4 supports that are above the sheet rock. I then bolted a D ring to the 2x4's i added and hung the hoist from the D-ring....its very solid.

 

fOmaNPu, you sure do put a lot of trust in your knot tying abilities
Why is that dude wearing gloves?
Lastly, you should drain the fluids before you pull the motor...it would make for a cleaner work area.

 

Yea, we do put alot of trust in those nots, but that tow rope has pulled Chevy trucks outta thick *** mud so I wasn't worrying about it pulling the D16. Andy is wearing gloves cause its cold as hell here in St Louis right now and we have the garage door open to accomodate the lift. We drained the coolant, oil, etc before we pulled the motor. Whats dripping is just a little excess, but its not like I just unscrewed the **** and lifted it out.

 

no offense to cherry picker(thats what i call engine hoists here in the south) method but i tried this method once for ***** and giggles and using the underneath method is hella easier, no more cherry pickers for me

 

wats the underneath method

 

Secure the motor (rope, jackstand, steelies stacked on top of eachother,etc.) and then drop it down. I've heard its easier but never really seen it done, soo...

 

thats the price i got mine for from harbor frieght. ive used mine like 6-7 times and i love it. its great. ive done the drop it from the bottom method and didnt like it. would rather use a hoist. much easyer i think.

 

when I need an engine hoist I rent one fron u-haul, $25 a day, no storage when I'm through, it has a trailer hitch so it can be towed, all around good deal.