lifting the van to remove engine

[jimsvan]

oh i get ya

[ben]

twice! able! i wish.. i cant remember how many motors ive pulled out and in and whatever.

i do remember 1 time thou i put a motor in and it didnt go. damn i was peved!!!!! i had everyone trying to figure it out cause it was going in the van i pulled it out of.

ended up pulling it out and puting another 202 in. this time i checked to make sure it ran first!!!!!.. always do this!!!!! could have saved me 2 - 3 days labor!!!


then one day rod fraska (very knowledgable beddy bloke from sale, vic) walks up my drive and says ah 12 port head. must be a blue motor painted red..  i what!!!!

i think i had a 9 port manifold on the motor. ofcourse everyone i brought over to look at it couldnt see that. spewen!!!


anyway i think i could use one of those trolleys johno has. probably why johno has one cause he can see him self owning a few beddies in the future he he..

may be of help i of late have been using a piano trolley under the tranz. its brilliant! only issue is it a bit too tall to go under the beddy..  built for a couple of ton this one is! anyway i have lifted up the front of the van with the motor and everything in tact lowered the lot down so the front wheels are touching the ground. undone everything lifted up the van minus the front end and out she rolls.. brilliant. its not like the whole weight of the van is on the tranz mounts. and same when putting in.

my problem is im always working on grass or dirt or bluestone or something non concrete so this works well for me.

im really tired!
night

ben

[John Abbott]

Ha Ha Theres no doubt having a good hard surface to work on is a bonus when doing this Benny. Im a bit of a scrounger Able ,so the steel came out of a scrap bin and the 2 wheels came of a shopping trolley at Kmart I would be guessing that it only cost me a couple of bucks for welding rods.