Dropping engine - Advice on this cradle?

[cl8ton]

Thanks Julian, will call later today!

Originally Posted by sand_man

I always work alone, so it makes me nervous having the car jacked up so high for too long.

This makes me extremely nervous also!

This pic is my nightmare Not my car, but I start sweating every time I see it...

[sand_man]

Oh the humanity! I waste no time in getting that folker back on the ground as quick as I can

Originally Posted by cl8ton

Thanks Julian, will call later today!


This makes me extremely nervous also!

This pic is my nightmare Not my car, but I start sweating every time I see it...

[sand_man]

Another benefit to dropping the engine/tranny with the car resting on its tires, is that you don't have very far to go to get it on your dolley or whatever...

[930gt-40r]

Originally Posted by sand_man

I lower the car back down to the ground once I've gotten the CVs off the tranny (and any other items that need to be disconnected under there). I lower the engine/tranny down on to my dolley. Then I Jack the car up, put her on stands, and roll the engine out.

I may try this way next time- it cuts down the risk of the motor falling- Im not worried about the car falling becuase I likely wont know what happened...
I trust the jackstands that I got though- they are very heavy duty.

[930gt-40r]

That picture less pleasant than a decapitation...
I always stick the jack stands under the control arms of the car.

[A930Rocket]

I'll get you ca dollar, the owner placed that jackstand on the end of the spring plate cover. An easy place for it to slip off. I've installed a muffler clamp on the end of mine to keep it from sliding off, but if I'm getting under the car, I place it under the torsion tube on the inside if the frame rail. Sometimes I add more under the control arms.