Engine Hoist Too Short

[Jim Nilsen]

A trick I learned from gravel driveways was to push the car back as you lift with a floor jack under the tail shaft to keep it off of the ground and by the time you push the car back far enough the engine and trans are high enough to not need the floor jack and you can push the car out of the way. The car rolls easier than hoist even on a smooth hard surface.

Be safe and do not lift the engine from the side because the geometry of the way it has to come out won't allow it with the engine and trans together bacause you can't roll the car back and you can't move the hoist back. You have to go from the front.

You definately will like the bigger hoist as the small ones can cost you a lot when the whole thing falls over.

When using a new hoist or a used one, make sure you lift the load up and then wait to see if it has any bleed down. I had a hoist start to go down as the pan was at the radiator support. Did you know that a stock GM radiator support can actually support an engine and trans. I pumped like heck to get it back up and shove back in the hole as it was the easiest since I could pull the car back as I pumped.



Leave the load safely to go back down and wait and see.

Have fun and be safe .