Engine Lift - Part 1

Getting the chain length right - Part I - The goal here is to move 4 engines to the basement to work on. We had already moved one down using this method, but on the first one (which I forgot to film) the engine chain was too short and we ended up having to using the come-along to inch it down the last 6 or so inches. That worked and was safe, but was tedious because you could only drop it down about 3/4 or an inch for each travel of the lever and .....continued at http://www.reinsmith.net

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Autos & Vehicles

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• BMW
• M10
• Engine
• Lfit
• engine
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[mreinsmith]

Gotcha, so you must have broken your back in 2 places as well?

[christofurg]

No, you're okay. I empty my trash with a 100' crane.

[mreinsmith]

OH now I feel bad. I shouldn't have made light of you question and I appologize. If you are looking for a serious answer to your question I can give you one? let me know.

[christofurg]

There's a difference between working smart and wasting time. I feel sorry for you if you think lifting these lightweight engines is hard work to you. Looks like you just wanted to impress youtubers with your laziness innovation rather than just get the job done. Cheers!

[mreinsmith]

work SMART not hard!

[christofurg]

Why didn't you guys just carry them? They look like 300 lb four cylinders.