Should the Engine stand look like this?
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Instructor
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From: Atlanta GA
Should the Engine stand look like this?
I finally got the LT1 out of my '93. We wheeled it over to the enigne stand and bolted it on. When we let the hoist boom down the stand bent over until we thought it would break. The engine has 236,000 miles on it.
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Fix it before something bad happens.
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You guys are too funny....but it was taken well by Lbyrnes wasn't it?
I one time hooked the gas line into the vacuum pickup on on the carb and over the course of several days managed to fill the crankcase with gas and couldn't understand why it wouldn't run but for a few seconds when primed. Talk about being embarrassed in front of my son (who was learning, or in this case unlearning, from me). We were lucky it didn't burn the car and garage up.
Live and learn.
I one time hooked the gas line into the vacuum pickup on on the carb and over the course of several days managed to fill the crankcase with gas and couldn't understand why it wouldn't run but for a few seconds when primed. Talk about being embarrassed in front of my son (who was learning, or in this case unlearning, from me). We were lucky it didn't burn the car and garage up.
Live and learn.
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From: Marysville OH
ROFLMAO!!!!
My sides hurt from laughing.....
A little reassembly of the stand is called for....
I have had fully dressed BBC's on the same HF stands, if you put the stands together correctly they are actually pretty stout.
My sides hurt from laughing.....
A little reassembly of the stand is called for....
I have had fully dressed BBC's on the same HF stands, if you put the stands together correctly they are actually pretty stout.
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over looked that piece of boxed metal at the base of the vertical? the reinforcement?
Im supprised you can get it together backwards like that.
btw, is that harbor frieght piece? I have, and used the same one. Next time I whip it out and put it back together I will be thinking of you.
Im supprised you can get it together backwards like that.
btw, is that harbor frieght piece? I have, and used the same one. Next time I whip it out and put it back together I will be thinking of you.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Northeast FL
Who hasn't made mistake at some point? At least he realized it didn't look right and stopped to ask.
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From: Bridgewater Ma.
Don't feel to bad, anyone that wrenches has made plenty of mistakes trust me, I know. As long as nobody gets hurt and it doesn't hit you to hard in the wallet. Anybody ever forget to put the ole' drain plug back in? Got 4 quarts in before I realized. What a freakin mess. I was eighteen then, haven't done it since, lol.
You say the engine had 236k on it, was it still running prior to removal?
What are your plans? rebuild? transplant?