Halfords engine crane, borrowed: Free
Pinto, salvaged from the donor : £50
Astra 1.7DTi Company Car: Free(ish)

Look on bosses face when he sees this on Monday morning? Priceless.

Tom

Hmmmm engine crane...

Could possibly do with one of those.

Going to have to look up whether it'll take a proper heavyweight.....

We toyed with the idea of using my mates Ka.... It could have all gone terribly wrong!

Tom

Most Fords do....

Can't find mention of engine cranes on the Halfords website....

I shall have to look elsewhere.

Looks pretty complete...............mmmmmmmm........SVA next week then.

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Originally posted by Metal Hippy

Can't find mention of engine cranes on the Halfords website....

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Old then...

It looks more like a kiddies swing frame - just taking a walk down the park........................

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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
It looks more like a kiddies swing frame - just taking a walk down the park........................

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I borrowed one off my cousin for a while - decided to buy a machine mart crane instead......

whats more worrying is the thin rope you use to lift the engine !!!!

i use nylon rope to lift my engine, i woz in homebase comparing prices, the chain was about £10 per metre and the nylon about £1.50, and they were both rated at 250kgs! not a hard choice!

ps i got a machine mart crane on offer at about £200.

the halfords one looks like one of them garden swings nearly everyone had when they were little. heehehe

Weld one up from scaffolding poles. It'll be stronger than that and the kids can have it when you've done with it.

yours, Pete.

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Originally posted by JoelP

ps i got a machine mart crane on offer at about £200.

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im sure we can sort something out! needs a van to move it though, cos its huge and heavy. Does up to 1.5 tons. Fortunately, i have a van! Let me know when you need it and we'll sort something out.

Cheers Joel, I'll let you know.

I got a machine mart folding one, rated at 500kg-150kg depending on arm extension. Works pretty well.
Blueshift climbs so we used climbing rope and those clippy metal loops hooked into the lifting eyes. Works pretty well apart from the rope being a bit stretchy (but it's rated at 8 tons or something silly).

mackie,

just been looking at those cranes, how much extension do you think you've got left in the jibe when fitting the lump? the site says its got a max extension of 1.1m (which is just a little bit more than I do ). I can imagine that almost being not quite enough??

I can't forsee any problems lifting and manouvering the engine. Admittedly when we used it to get the V6 out of the Sierra we chopped the front off the car but it does have a large range of motion and can lift quite high too.

I use chain and D links on mine. It lifts a Sierra engine clear enough without cutting the front (nephews CVH) and will lift an engine and box with no difficulty. Get the jib as close as you can to the top of the engine to give you more leeway when removing it.

yours, Pete.

I got one of the 1 tonne folding ones. With the engine leveller I have no problem dropping the engine in from the front of the car.

Hmm, perhaps i should rephrase that, i lift the engine & box infront of the car then wheel the whole lot over the car and lower it in.