Slimy38
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| posted on 13/1/13 at 03:37 PM |
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Lifting capacity for a donor car
I'm planning to sort out an engine hoist, but I don't know what I need. With my limited knowledge, the donor engine is going to be the
heaviest part. A quick search suggests an MX5 engine is <100Kg, so that means would I be ok with a half tonne capacity? Is there any need to go
larger?
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loggyboy
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| posted on 13/1/13 at 03:54 PM |
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0.5 tonne = 500kg, so your good to lift pretty much any engine. In fact most hoists will lift the whole front of the car.
[Edited on 13-1-13 by loggyboy]
Mistral Motorsport
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Slimy38
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| posted on 13/1/13 at 04:03 PM |
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That's pretty much what I thought, thanks. (And thanks for the GIF!  )
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/1/13 at 05:03 PM |
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1 ton is likely to be the smallest you will find there used to be some 3/4 ton ones but they seem to have disappeared from the market.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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clanger
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| posted on 13/1/13 at 05:27 PM |
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keep an eye out on the bay for a bath lift. picked one up a few years back rated to 175KG, brilliant piece of kit, and folds up nice and compact. had
quite a few boat anchors swinging off the end of it......
mine similar to this, might keep it when I get old 
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