Anyone ever use one of these contraption to pull an engine?

[Qualitywires.com]

I think it will do the job!

I should be able to pull just about anything out with this.

I had this Gantry Crane Made and have a 3 ton Hoist for it also.

I need to sand blast it and paint it. Then it will look
pretty!

I will also be using this to pull the Lambo engine out. If you
need the clearance..this baby will do it. Cost me about $500

 

[2000_Black_RT10]

Anyone ever use one of these contraption to pull an engine?

Yes, 15+ years ago.

If the castors were fixed to only go forward and back, that'd be better, you already have side to side on the I-beam. Otherwise, when you're kicking the hoist to line up shaft / bellhousing dowels, if the hoist moves side to side it may be a pain, worry about hitting the car sides too. I don't care for chainfalls, the chain drops all over the motor and car when you're pulling at it, may chip up this and that.

I prefer lifting the car up on stands, removing the tires, and using a conventional hydraulic cherry picker. It's easy to kick the picker around to wiggle in the motor into position, definitely easier when it is a one man operation.

 

[Qualitywires.com]

Hmm..The casters lock into place and for me pulling height
wise on the cherry picker wouldn't work too well on the Lambo. Cherry picker doesn't go high enough. I need to remove the entire engine and tranny out at the same time and have to be completely above the car.

Have you had any issues with this type of crane? Not too worried
about hitting any other cars. None around

 

[2000_Black_RT10]

That's good about the castors. I'd still like to have one of those I-beam hoists handy, good for dumping an engine into a truck bed, etc.. or lifting a car chassis and doing the reverse by installing the motor from underneath, dropping the car onto the motor w/o a hoist. There are cherry pickers for lifting engines out of trucks w/a higher lift than your normal car style cherry picker. Done that in the past servicing a very heavy diesel out of a lifted 4x4. For $500, that's a good deal & for the steel.

 

[Qualitywires.com]

Whre did you find these heavy duty cherry pickers with higher lifting specs?

I see the 8 ton ones, but fully extended, it can only do 1000lbs. My engine and tranny together is close to 2000lbs.

 

[2000_Black_RT10]

Most of us are familiar of the typical red $300 - $500 hobby cherry pickers. I had to rent a commercial grade one for the diesel 4x4, the floor cranes get expensive. For example, check out this one -

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/ItemDisplay.cfm?lookup=OTC1820

and more floor cranes - (may have to search by "crane" keyword if link doesn't work)

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/MCategory_List.cfm?MCategory=Crane

If I were servicing diesels routinely to justify the cost, I'd love to have this one below.. very nice.

http://www.tooldiscounter.com/ItemDisplay.cfm?lookup=NOR78605

 

[big-n-italian]

LOL - PULL THE LAMBO ENGINE?!

what are you doing to the lambo engine ab?

PS - dont paint the lift - powder coat it!!

 

[RAYSIR]

Noticed the NOS bottle that makes the lift go FASTER. Don't forget to remove the hood.

 

[Qualitywires.com]

LOL - PULL THE LAMBO ENGINE?!

what are you doing to the lambo engine ab?

PS - dont paint the lift - powder coat it!!

I am going to use it to pull Viper engines out and my Lambo engine out also.
I have a few things I am going to do on the lambo...the more I figure this car
out the less it scares me like the Viper.

Dang those cherry pickets are expensive...Whew! I think I will stick with my crane.

 

[2000_Black_RT10]

If you can, take some pics, never saw an engine out of a Lambo bay before, sounds like fun.

 

[pdmracing]

Ayyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee You are crazy, why endure such pain? Sell that lump & buy a real car

 

[Qualitywires.com]

Ayyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee You are crazy, why endure such pain? Sell that lump & buy a real car

Don't get started....I will start cracking jokes on you're people....oh wait..your people made my car. LOL! It's a minor issue that I can fix myself easily!

 

[RobHook]

Be aware that on many Ferraris (and probably Lamborghinis), you remove a subframe from the car from underneath to remove the engine. The engine and transmission come out with the rear wheels still attached and you can even attach small "front" wheels and roll the entire assembly around out of the car. This was years ago and modern Italians may be different but it was a really neat design before; I'd hope they'd keep it.

You may get into a situation where the engine physically won't fit out the top of a Lambo without removing body panels, etc.

 

[PhoenixGTS]

In the late 60s my grandpa and dad ruined my swingset yanking a straight six out of a Falcon . . . so yeah . . . used one of those before.

 

[1TONY1]

I'm kinda fond of this one.....

 

[Qualitywires.com]

Be aware that on many Ferraris (and probably Lamborghinis), you remove a subframe from the car from underneath to remove the engine. The engine and transmission come out with the rear wheels still attached and you can even attach small "front" wheels and roll the entire assembly around out of the car. This was years ago and modern Italians may be different but it was a really neat design before; I'd hope they'd keep it.

You may get into a situation where the engine physically won't fit out the top of a Lambo without removing body panels, etc.

Not trying to disagree here....but you are completely wrong on newer ferrari's and Lambo;s...all come out from the top.

 

[RobHook]

Well, this was back in the 80's. I know for a fact that the Testarossa is this way. You CAN take them out from the top but it ends up being easier to remove it from the bottom, assuming you have a lift. I have no direct experience with Lamborghinis but every time I've seen an engine taken out of a Ferrari they (factory-trained techs) take it out the bottom. It's been a few years though and they may have since ditched that design.

Ah well. Do it however you want. Doesn't matter to me.

--Rob

 

[Qualitywires.com]

Sorry Rob,

I was reading my response and it sounded a little shiity,
didn't mean for it to.

You are right about taking the older Italian cars out from the bottom...if they had the H frame....newer ones you gotta pull from the top...hence the crane..

 

[RobHook]

Don't worry about it ab. I know you didn't mean it to sound shiity. It's too bad they had to get rid of that design. I always thought it was really cool to be able to just drop the engine that way. Kinda reinforced their (Ferrari's) assertion that the street cars used racecar-like engineering. I imagine that weight, safety, ergonomics (for cars, not people) and perhaps even cost considerations forced their hand.

Anyway, you're still one of the coolest members on the site. No worries. I always considered your Silver GTS to be one of the best looking Vipers I'd ever seen.

 

[Qualitywires.com]

Thanks Rob!

You are correct that it would make it a whole heck of alot easier to pull the engine from below. Viper engine is pretty easy to do though.