Once I got the engine lift and the engine stand to the garage I was using, I was ready to get the engine out of the truck and into the garage. However - there was still a problem. Nothing about this was looking easy. The problem was, was that there was a two foot gap between the garage door and the back of the truck where the engine was.
The engine lift I had borrowed wouldn't roll on the gravel with the weight of the engine on it but it also didn't have a long enough arm to reach from the smooth concrete floor of the garage. I had to figure out how to span the bumpy distance, so I layed a piece of plywood to help bridge the gap between the truck and the garage. Once I had this temporary solution I was able to get the engine out of the truck and onto the engine lift. While I was lifting the 500lb engine and gently pulling it back into the garage, one of the wheels of the engine lift came off the plywood and the engine almost fell over. Luckily my friend Robert was able to stabilize it and save it from falling over. I was then able to lower the engine back on to the ground so we could reposition the lift and make sure we didn't have the same problem again. Once repositioned we got the engine into the garage with no other problems.
The engine was set on a piece of plywood and cardboard on the floor. I wouldn't be able to put it up onto the engine stand until I was able to remove the transmission.
The engine lift I had borrowed wouldn't roll on the gravel with the weight of the engine on it but it also didn't have a long enough arm to reach from the smooth concrete floor of the garage. I had to figure out how to span the bumpy distance, so I layed a piece of plywood to help bridge the gap between the truck and the garage. Once I had this temporary solution I was able to get the engine out of the truck and onto the engine lift. While I was lifting the 500lb engine and gently pulling it back into the garage, one of the wheels of the engine lift came off the plywood and the engine almost fell over. Luckily my friend Robert was able to stabilize it and save it from falling over. I was then able to lower the engine back on to the ground so we could reposition the lift and make sure we didn't have the same problem again. Once repositioned we got the engine into the garage with no other problems.
The engine was set on a piece of plywood and cardboard on the floor. I wouldn't be able to put it up onto the engine stand until I was able to remove the transmission.
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| Engine and Transmission on the garage floor. |
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