Anyone install motor from top with heads on?
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Anyone install motor from top with heads on? I need to know where you guys hooked the hoist chain up to. When I removed the old block I had the heads off already so that was easy. However, going back in the heads will already be on and I was looking for a safe, secure place to bolt the chain on. I tried a search but mostly got info on istalls from the bottom. Are the bolt holes in the heads alright to use? If not what have you guys been doing? Thanks for the help.
Originally Posted by 03 BUSA
I need to know where you guys hooked the hoist chain up to. When I removed the old block I had the heads off already so that was easy. However, going back in the heads will already be on and I was looking for a safe, secure place to bolt the chain on. I tried a search but mostly got info on istalls from the bottom. Are the bolt holes in the heads alright to use? If not what have you guys been doing? Thanks for the help.
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Originally Posted by Firehawk441
QTP has a lifting plate that bolts to the block where your valley cover goes. Works like a charm!
Who sells them? I went on QTP's site and I could not find anything. Thanks for the help.
I have done it a couple times and about to do it again. I always use a leveler, hooked the chain at opposite corners of the manifold. With a composite manifold, this would prove troublesome as you might bust the manifold.
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
We do it all the time.The chain just needs to be tight.
Where are you hooking the chain up at? Is there enough room to go behind the head on one side??
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just last week i put my motor back in and i just used a chain bolted to the heads.a leveler is nice to have but if you don't have one you can get by without it,just rehook the chain in a different spot.
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Originally Posted by RoysTransAm
I know, I know, dumb question, but is there enough room to get it out from the top with a transmission?
Not only enough room but is it strong enough to lift all out by bolting chain to cylinder head?? Good question as I have wondered this as well.
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Originally Posted by 03 BUSA
Not only enough room but is it strong enough to lift all out by bolting chain to cylinder head?? Good question as I have wondered this as well.
Originally Posted by RoysTransAm
I know, I know, dumb question, but is there enough room to get it out from the top with a transmission?
Originally Posted by 03 BUSA
Not only enough room but is it strong enough to lift all out by bolting chain to cylinder head?? Good question as I have wondered this as well.
Originally Posted by triumphman
I have used the happy hooker to take several engines out of camaros and vetts, work s like a charm.
Single chain, no leveler, bolted to front of driver's side head and rear of passenger head accessory holes. Pulled the engine and trans together (without crank pulley), then installed them the same way. Just make sure you are using a bolt that doesn't bottom out before it squeezes the chain. You want to have good clamp load on the chain and it'll be fine. Having the nose of the car up pretty high and one guy underneath guiding the tailshaft on a floor jack helps. Without the trans, it should be a piece of cake.