+1 on not using a come-along for hoisting.
I used to do that, using the I beam which runs fore and aft between the two sides of my garage as a support. Then one day the come along slipped. Happily, the engine wasn't up much, so no harm. But I was reminded of the warning which comes on come-alongs - not for vertical lifting.
The simplest way to get an engine off of the floor or a low dolly or whatnot, and up onto a stand, is the Armstrong method: two fairly strong people. Nowadays, that is more than is comfortable for my wife and me, so the chain hoist does the trick. The fact that I mounted it on a traveler on the I beam, where it lines up perfectly with the yoke holder in a reinforced mount on my reinforced work bench, is the frosting on this cake. It is a long way from my first rebuild, done right on the floor, or the ones done on an inexpensive engine stand (which worked fine even though the factory yoke was a bit of a loose fit - maybe some models are way too loose a fit?).
