Removing an engine (fixing points)
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I usually put a nylon rope in a figure of eight under the front and rear. You can then easily adjust/readjust the balance point as you remove it.
Is the gearbox still attached? You can split them in the car but I find you need to jack the rear of the engine up to clear the rear cross member. This makes engine removal much easier IMHO.
Is the gearbox still attached? You can split them in the car but I find you need to jack the rear of the engine up to clear the rear cross member. This makes engine removal much easier IMHO.
Peter Delaney
GT40s Supporter
I have AFR alloy heads & they have a "spare threaded hole" at each end - I just made 2 x 6" long steel straps, bolted into these holes (front left / rear right) & ran a shackle thru each, connected to a chain running up to the engine crane (longer length of chain at front, shorter at the back). As my tranny was still connected, I ran some poly rope from the engine crane hook & around the rear/bottom of the tranny - a "spanish windlass" on this rope allowed for correct tensioning. When I jacked the whole lot up an inch or two, I then adjusted the "spanish windlass" so the everything just floated nicely, then used the crane to "up & out".
Zero technical sophistication, but it worked well.
If you don't have the spare threaded holes at the ends of the heads, I am sure that the same simple setup will work with the lifting straps bolted into the front/back header bolt holes.
Disclaimer : Don't lie under the engine until it is back down on solid blocks - flat 12's belong in Porsches, flat GT40 owners do not belong under their own cars !!!!
Kind Regards,
Peter D.
Zero technical sophistication, but it worked well.
If you don't have the spare threaded holes at the ends of the heads, I am sure that the same simple setup will work with the lifting straps bolted into the front/back header bolt holes.
Disclaimer : Don't lie under the engine until it is back down on solid blocks - flat 12's belong in Porsches, flat GT40 owners do not belong under their own cars !!!!
Kind Regards,
Peter D.
Simon,
If you try to pull the engine and gearbox together, make sure that you have the engine crane's front legs stretched out fully. I damn near dropped my engine/gearbox from a height of 2'+! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif A last second grab saved everything from crashing to the floor! Geometry and physics were never my strong suits in school!
I use a chain, bolted directly into the bracket mounting holes on the front and rear of the heads, with some padding on the chain, to protect the aluminum.
Bill
If you try to pull the engine and gearbox together, make sure that you have the engine crane's front legs stretched out fully. I damn near dropped my engine/gearbox from a height of 2'+! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif A last second grab saved everything from crashing to the floor! Geometry and physics were never my strong suits in school!
I use a chain, bolted directly into the bracket mounting holes on the front and rear of the heads, with some padding on the chain, to protect the aluminum.
Bill
