H I ami trying to work out the weight of a complete A series engine

Any one have the info handy

Ta

Kiwiinwgtn

Complete long motor i.e. engine+head+gearbox, no alternator but full of oil is 140kg on the trusty bathroom scales (+- 2kg)

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Thanks,

Making one of these to lift stuff but with rubber wheels

Buy an engine crane.
They are built to a standard and have a variable weight on the boom.
I used to use a wooden tripod with a 2 tonne puller wired to the top to pull the powertrain out as it is sometimes called.
I used a wire rope sling to put around the engine.
An engine lifting bracket would be better.
Unless you have the skills and are prepared to put your name you are running the risk of using equipment that might work and then could then again fail.
Always be carefull when you are using any of this equipment.
I would not like to be liable for someone using my homemade lift and getting injured, sometime down the path.

I bought a 2tonne engine crane from supercheap for $190 12 months ago

I think i've gotten my money's worth out of it.. Removed like 4 engines.

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Frankly Id be much happier with the earlier pictured home made crane than any of the Chinese engine cranes, heard too many horror stories.

For the record I use a block and tackle mounted in the roof.

The gantry crane that kiwiinwgtn is a very handy thing to have. If you built it right it would be much better than a supercrap engine crane and will probably not be recalled like most of supercraps stuff for not meeting the required standards. (check recalls.gov.au)

Most of the good open wheel teams use the mobile gantry crane to lift the car onto stands and to lift the motors in and out.

Im not saying a POS crane from supercheap is any better

But for the cost, it suited my application, and could possibly suit Kiwiington's

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Works for me.
I use this with a chain block.
I also lift the car onto the stands with it.
It has the wheels but they are a bit hard to see in the photo.
And keep it out when not lifting, as it is great for the work light over the car.

I use a 2500lb cable hoist, made in USA not PRC.
I hang it off one of the trusses in the garage.

Years ago (pre-garage) I used it with 3 long bits of 3"x 1/4" steel angle with a long bolt in 1 end to form a tripod.
Cheap (angle came from an ECNSW transmission tower) but effective.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

This is what we use. Dad made it many many years ago. Has served its purpose very well pulled out over 50 motors in its time.

a complete mini power unit , with all ancillaries is more like 150kgs

& to lift engines out i use this huge 9meter long "I" beam that holds 1/3rd of my shed up, with a monkey/squirrel roller thingy & a block-&-tackle

I also have another 9meter long "I" beam holding the next section of the shed up & it also has another monkey/squirrel lifting hooky thingy on rollers

& there`s also another hook on the front of the shed for yet another lifting point (the original lifting point when i first built the shed years ago)

& then there`s the "just in case the shed is blocked" lifting point ,,which is in the drive-way under the house, hanging from one of the massive 250mm "C" section beams that holds the house up, but i only use it if the shed is blocked up with minis & someone talks me into another engine-out job

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

You could pull tractor motors with that gantry
I'm probably asking the obvious, but what made you decide to wrap the block?

It Pulled a 360 chrysler out of a leyland bus

No particular reason, it is a brand new block and we had it sitting on the ground so we didnt really want to much crap and dirt getting into it. We might just keep the wrapping on it. Keeps it clean and doesnt get in the way of the tackle.

Steve,

^^^^ the ONLY way to keep your tackle clean & dry is to keep it wrapped.

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1974 1150cc Leyland Mini S racer,
1975 No motor Leyland Mini "ute"
1991 IPRA Honda Integra (in the build)
1995 Land Rover Discovery 300Tdi

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