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Yep. I got a hoist, have for a long time. Got a "logging chain" too.
There ya go - what I use - since, ya know, I already have them.
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There ya go - what I use - since, ya know, I already have them.
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Lots of opportunity on this thread to be a smart @ss.
I'll let it pass. They all work. Go with what's best for you.
I personally like the picker plate.
Not a big fan of the redneck log chain method tearing up the fresh block paint.
I'll let it pass. They all work. Go with what's best for you.
I personally like the picker plate.
Not a big fan of the redneck log chain method tearing up the fresh block paint.
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Now we got "rednecks" having "single position sex"...
Is it not possible for you fellas to express your opinions without insulting others?
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A Mustang magazine tested the plates years ago. They bolted a plate to an aluminum intake, secured the intake to a fixture and started pulling, with a strain gage. The eye in the plate where the hook was attached failed first. It took about 6000 lbs of tension. They then used a more robust homemade plate, and the carb studs stretched at 8000 lbs. The threads in the aluminum intake never failed. You can lift your car with an engine lift plate.
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Then feel free to go join your comrade over on the high school bleacher over there....
Hard to believe a 5/16 bolt has that much strength. Multiply that by 4 and you have enough to lift a 800# engine.
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Trigger much?
It doesn't matter what one says these days. There will always be someone who is offended regardless of what is expressed.
Life is tough, grow a backbone or get a helmet.
I hope this thread makes it to at least ten pages....as it seems the tensile strength of a Grade 5 bolt is increasing with every post....
I just don't get it why some people get offended by a joke. Its not my fault thay have to sit on a stump behind the barn with rosy palm on a Friday night. Geeeee Wizzzzzzzzzz
Kind of like the fish stories.I hope this thread makes it to at least ten pages....as it seems the tensile strength of a Grade 5 bolt is increasing with every post....
Guilty as charged......
That was back in 2010.
Everyone looks to be scared of that plate. I see trembling hands.
That looks like a cherry picker, not an engine hoist.
And at least one person passed some wee's
Too far north for cherries.That looks like a cherry picker, not an engine hoist.
I have never had a carb/ intake plate.
Pulled and installed many engines over the years.
A iron intake , I would feel better about. The bolts and the plate never bothered me.
Like posted allready it's the aluminum intake threads that spook me.
Old guy still useing a piece of chain here.
Pulled and installed many engines over the years.
A iron intake , I would feel better about. The bolts and the plate never bothered me.
Like posted allready it's the aluminum intake threads that spook me.
Old guy still useing a piece of chain here.
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Reading all these posts, I've used pretty much all these methods ! From 50+ years ago, until recently when I helped my friend pull his chevy engine, never had a problem with the carb mount bracket method.
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