[1968GTO421]

Originally Posted by JSchmitz

Best of luck to you! Hopefully you can enjoy it for awhile.

X2 !

[64speed]

I hope to have the help to put it in Sunday. With this damn belly band on and a looming possibility of another procedure I can’t do much heavy work.

[grivera]

Wish you the best with the build- you deserve a break but health comes first so please be careful.

[64speed]

Well my nephew, brother, and father in law confirmed so hopefully I’ll be rolling Sunday or Monday at the latest

[JSchmitz]

Originally Posted by 64speed

Well my nephew, brother, and father in law confirmed so hopefully I’ll be rolling Sunday or Monday at the latest

If I were closer, I'd help ya for sure. Good luck!!!

[64speed]

Originally Posted by JSchmitz

If I were closer, I'd help ya for sure. Good luck!!!

Thanks man

[Gach]

Same here I’d help in heart beat. You just be careful. God its been a long Journey to finally get to this point. Keep us up dated

[NeighborsComplaint]

Fight the urge to get in there and just direct your helpers with an eye on protecting your investment.

[64speed]

Tomorrow is D Day. Broke my load leveler so using a carb pad lift plate which I hate but with three helpers I hope I can’t do it in about 2 1/2 hours.

[grivera]

It’ll work!

[b-man]

Get the Mac’s Pivot Plate. Expensive but worth it, it’s nice to have around if you have another issue or it’s surely easy to sell later on.

I had it attached to the manifold center carb studs, this 1964 Tri-Power has the small base center carb. No problem holding up the whole shebang.

I did this install last night by myself in a few hours.

The key to making it easy was rolling the car forward instead of trying to push the engine and transmission towards the car. I moved the car forward by about 7 feet during the process. I had a couple of 8’ long 2x4s under the front tires to get the car up a little higher so the legs on the hoist wouldn’t hit the lower front A-arms, you can see one of them in the second picture.

Little by little I adjusted the angle and height, while inching the car forward, over and over. The only time I moved the hoist was to shift it sideways a few inches to get the engine on center when it was most of the way in.

Good luck!

[64speed]

Originally Posted by b-man

Get the Mac’s Pivot Plate. Expensive but worth it, it’s nice to have around if you have another issue or it’s surely easy to sell later on.

I had it attached to the manifold center carb studs, this 1964 Tri-Power has the small base center carb. No problem holding up the whole shebang.

I did this install last night by myself in a few hours.

The key to making it easy was rolling the car forward instead of trying to push the engine and transmission towards the car. I moved the car forward by about 7 feet during the process. I had a couple of 8’ long 2x4s under the front tires to get the car up a little higher so the legs on the hoist wouldn’t hit the lower front A-arms, you can see one of them in the second picture.

Little by little I adjusted the angle and height, while inching the car forward, over and over. The only time I moved the hoist was to shift it sideways a few inches to get the engine on center when it was most of the way in.

Good luck!

I want one of those. It looks so easy.

[64speed]

In without a hitch. Button it up in a few days. Can’t go anymore

[1968GTO421]

Originally Posted by 64speed

In without a hitch. Button it up in a few days. Can’t go anymore

Understand. Do take care of your self. Your wife and family depend on you. Your Tempest will happily wait on you to get better.
Mine has been patient over the years with my on and off bouts with cancer.
When you get feeling better you'll enjoy your Pontiac even more

[64speed]

It’s alive! Runs pretty decent for initial fire up. Got some bugs to work out but it runs and drives and it fired right up.

[b-man]

Nice, glad everything’s getting back on track!

[grivera]

Excellent news, Dave!

[Gach]

That’s so good to hear.

[b-man]

Never give up man, never.

[NeighborsComplaint]

Glad to hear you got it rolling again. I’ m anxious to here how you like the new combo but take your time and make sure you have the timing dialed in and some easy break-in miles under your belt .