Engine hoist ???'s

[dickeymoore]

Is there a longer engine hoist arm that can be purchased for my engine hoist because when I go all the way in to remove engine from my 86 monte carlo ss the hyd cylinder is up against the front of the car which could damage the front of my Monte Carlo SS and the arm is all the way extended?Thanks

 

[Bonnewagon]

The longer the arm, the less the load it can hoist. What you need to do is to strip everything off the engine like fan, alternator, PS pump, etc. Remove radiator. Then adjust the chains to angle the front of engine upwards. You should not need to be on the longest extension. If the wheels of the hoist are hitting the lower control arms, before you begin- roll the front wheels up onto planks about 2" thick. . That gets you much needed ground clearance. In extreme cases, you could disassemble the front end, but I have never needed to do that.

 

[Ribbedroof]

I will just add that if you do extend the boom you need to extend the legs as well so that the load remains centered between the boom and the legs. Standard practice on Corvettes is to remove the engine from the side due to the long front end on most of them

 

[dickeymoore]

Yeah the legs dont extend out

 

[stew86MCSS396]

My engine hoist is the same color as this borrowed from a visualillusion thread...mines has the leg extensions but I don't extend it out bc it hits the suspension. Thanx for the tip to gain some height but my leg extensions are probably frozen in place. As far as the boom, I have it set at the 2 ton mark which is at the shortest extension. I did have the hoist right up against the front bumper but only bc when I did own the SS, it was a 40 footer. BTW all this while pulling the BBC with the M20 still attached. I've always envisioned having bigger wheels in the rear would make it easier to maneuver. Bigger fronts and you lose ground clearance. Even thought about motorizing it with a small honduh engine which would actually provide some ballast in the rear. This is a cool idea but I don't own anything with a hitch... <click