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| posted on 24/1/04 at 07:50 PM |
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Locost engine crane?
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
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 07:58 PM |
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Hmmmm engine crane...
Could possibly do with one of those.
Going to have to look up whether it'll take a proper heavyweight.....
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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tr
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 08:02 PM |
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We toyed with the idea of using my mates Ka.... It could have all gone terribly wrong!
Tom
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 08:05 PM |
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Most Fords do.... 
Can't find mention of engine cranes on the Halfords website....
I shall have to look elsewhere.
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 08:06 PM |
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Looks pretty complete...............mmmmmmmm........SVA next week then.
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tr
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 08:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Metal Hippy
Can't find mention of engine cranes on the Halfords website....
This is one I borrowed off a mates dad. Probably a good few years old, I think he got it to upgrade the engine in his Escort Mexico....
Tom
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 08:35 PM |
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Old then...
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 11:06 PM |
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It looks more like a kiddies swing frame - just taking a walk down the park........................
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Northy
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| posted on 25/1/04 at 12:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
It looks more like a kiddies swing frame - just taking a walk down the park........................
Just what I was thinking! 
Please don't ever offer to babysit my kids!
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing! 
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
Built 2L 8 Valve Vx Powered Avon
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MikeR
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| posted on 25/1/04 at 12:34 AM |
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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 !!!!
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/1/04 at 02:50 AM |
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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.
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Graceland
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| posted on 25/1/04 at 09:46 AM |
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the halfords one looks like one of them garden swings nearly everyone had when they were little. heehehe
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/1/04 at 12:19 PM |
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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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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andyps
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| posted on 25/1/04 at 09:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
ps i got a machine mart crane on offer at about £200.
Joel, do you rent it out? Will be needing one hopefully in a couple of weeks for a mini engine swap and to take the engine out of my donor.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 12:02 PM |
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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.
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andyps
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 02:39 PM |
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Cheers Joel, I'll let you know.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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mackie
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 03:19 PM |
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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).
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GO
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 03:57 PM |
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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??
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mackie
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 04:09 PM |
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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.
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Peteff
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 06:01 PM |
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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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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MikeR
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 07:58 PM |
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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.
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