I've had luck dropping the jack all the way down, then lifting the back
of the motor until the flywheel or heater boxes rest on the ground -
then pulling the jack out and letting the engine down again. You might
need to put blocks under the front of the engine or heaters to gain
enough height. Rock the engine back to get the blocks out.
Having two jacks is another solution. I've got one from Wal-Mart that is
an "SUV jack" that lifts higher than most cheap jacks, that I use to
lift the car off the engine.
Chuck Kuecker
tammer wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm going to pull an engine from a 65 bug. It has merged headers that
protrude 2-3 inches below the lowest point of the engine sump. This means
that I can't lower the floor jack all the way down as the exhaust pipes will
hit the jack.
BTW, I will use the "lower the engine and raise the car" method to take out
the engine as opposed to the "raise the car and lower the engine" method. =)
Two solutions that I know of are....
1. Remove the headers - I don't like this because exhaust nuts & bolts are
a PITA.
2. Use higher/more blocks of wood to support the engine. With this method, I
will have to raise the car a bit higher and/or might have to remove the
shroud, carb, etc...
I'm likely to do #2 first then if it doesn't work I'll do #1 but.........
What do you guys usually do?
Tammer in Manila
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