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pulling my engine
What I s the best way to hook up to my cherry picker ? I have a edelbrock rpm
so is one of them carb plates going to work or should I pull the intake and use two bolts from that or just try to hook into the heads on front and back |
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Myself I always use 4 lifting points, front and back of both heads usually with a load leveler so I can tilt the engine (or engine/trans assembly) as I go. Using the four outermost intake bolts in the heads works well too, I've done it both ways. I like the carb lifting plates for moving engines around the garage quickly, but not for engine removal only because they don't tilt the engine. Using the tilter to remove a trans from the shipping crate:
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front and back and both sides, carb and valve covers removed, dist too. I prefer using holes on the ends of the heads, only cause I fear stripping intake holes more than others. And if you have the shiny rpm, then you want to keep the chains away too. I have lifted by rocker stus and head bolts, using old long head bolts in the end holes. I can't recall using exhaust bolts, but they would be about the same as using intake
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This time when I pulled the 400 out of my 69, I used a intake plate, the one with three holes. I used the forward hole and pulled the motor straight up. (auto trans left in the car). I thought it worked great, at least in my application.
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Tilter with the carb plate or bolt holes on the end of the heads. Generally stay away from intake / manifold bolts.
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I've pulled two of the three engines in my cars...I've used a carb lift plate both times.
HOWEVER...make sure there is NO debris (washers, etc) on the bottom of the plate when you reinstall the engine. Don't ask me how I know that...
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