Thread: best engine remover?

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A lot of guys swear by the carb plate ones, but I'm like you, just a little leery about 4 quarter inch bolts holding an engine up. Mine is shadetree, but strong. I took a piece of 3 x 3 angle iron about 2 feet long, drilled holes in each corner and mounted 4 heavy pieces of chain hanging down. Then I put another chain looped in the middle so it can hook onto the engine lift hook. I run 4 bolts (one in the front of each head and one in the back of each head) so the engine is suspended at four points. It isn't pretty, but I can pick up 460 Fords and 394 Olds engines without worrying about dropping one.

Don

Even a Fosdick Grade 2, 1/4 inch course thread bolt has a tensile yield of 2,350 lbs, so four of 'em would let you lift 9400 lbs.

This is how all these old wives tales get started. Someone says that the four bolts in the manifold aren't enough to hold the motor and the first thing you know, it spreads around the hobby as gospel.

Huh, I didn't even know Fosdick made bolts.

Don