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home made engine lift |
Jeroen |
Mar 28 2005, 05:29 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
with the car out of the garage, I have space to do some other fun projects
like this one... was also nice to practice my welding started out with a cheap a$$ jack added some decent castor wheels, a pair of hinges and some square tubing Attached image(s) |
Jeroen |
Mar 28 2005, 06:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
$50 is about right
the jack (about $25) was collecting dust since I got one of those fancy aluminium jacks for x-mas wheels were about $20 (came off the furniture dolly I had the engine sitting on) hinges were $5 or so and I already had the square tubing as well just using a jack doesn't work in my garage, cause the floor isn't smooth enuf (the small jack-wheels get caught in the seems between the concrete tiles) when I took the engine out of the car, I lowered the car+engine onto the furniture dolly, unbolted the engine and lifted the car so I could roll the engine out. It worked, but it sucked... no provision to lock it in the up position (hadn't thought of that, so thanks!) I guess I could always put a jack-stand in the middle, but I'll look into fabing something up figuring out the geometry of the second arm was fun (it needs to move in the same radius as the jack-arm or the engine won't stay level) |
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