Technical Engine Hoist of your dreams..............

Hello,

We created a pulley hoist in our normal two car garage. The garage was used primarily as a two car garage and our mom had her old style concrete sink with hot/cold water connection. The old style wash in the tub, scrub with the ripple washboard, squeeze dry and go hang up on the outdoor dry lines.

But, the rest of the time our two cars were parked there. So, when we were in the throes of engine building, we could do all of our ***embly in the smaller backyard garage we made with a lifting garage door. Big enough for a Willys Coupe to push in place, but not much else for room. So, we always pushed the Willys Coupe outside, while we worked inside of the smaller garage.

When it was time to do some motor lifting and preliminary measurements, we used our portable garage rafter supports we put up with custom attachments to the existing beams. Then added more down support poles to make a solid cross beam lifting point. The space underneath had enough room for our Impala to move in and out, if we needed it to have engine removal of sorts. The supports had to come down before our dad came home from work.
an old chain pulley set up worked fine for SBC motor installs and removals.

His big Buicks would not fit with the wooden rafter supports in place. So, we timed our work to end with enough time to dis***emble the whole structure and leave plenty of space for two cars to easily fit in place. Our dad never saw the pulley set up as he was always away at work. During the days off, we did not do any garage pulley work. The garage was used for normal two car activity.

Jnaki

The one thing we had was an endless area of lowering and moving what needed adjustments to get everything in place. The build threads I see on TV and elsewhere always have a hydraulic pump handle and a manual push mode to move the motor high up and over the front of the engine compartment. Then it is many tries to get the angle and mounts to line up or to make custom motor mounts. So, the pump handle is used again and again. To lower, a twist to decrease the pressure in lumps as it gets lower or higher.

This is where a vacuum powered lift would allow umpteenth increments smoothly, instead of wrist twisting motion. Think of a long screw going into a block with a normal old style one finger drill trigger for on/off or the simple variable speed trigger allowing slow and steady in/out motion. We have used the variable trigger for so long that one does not think twice about the struggles and adjustments we all had to make with the on/off trigger application of the old drills.

So, can a simple hydraulic variable speed motor set up be used on those engine hoists or lifts with ease and on the spot increments as smooth as silk? Now that is something small and low enough to push to the storage side of the garage and still be able to use in variable increments on any lift or lower situation.
@1oldtimer choice sample
That set up would be worth it to spend extra to have in any garage. Ever see 6 guys lift a wooden beam up into the ceiling? Now, there are hydraulic lifts to help lift the super heavy beam in place. The same style system needs to be created for the many uses of the standard, manual, engine lifts we all see everywhere…YRMV

 

My Thought also!

 

And then there is this example of how to lift the entire vehicle,
( a Jailbar Ford truck )
The carrier was made by GERLINGER.

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The original post reminds me of our political committees in congress and or the senate designed it, over engineered, over priced, too many ideas thrown together, over complicated and STILL doesn't do the intended job effectively, but then that's were the cost over runs and time extensions come into play and still end up with an ineffective product.

But it seemed great on paper !!


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Like I have posted in the way distant past, first thing I bought after retiring was my Lincoln Mig. then my engine crane, a collapsible one for storage. This one like everyone has said , is about the tire height. I don't think I'd put it on my truck hitch and pull it down any interstate at speed and have it whipping around behind me either, unless I wanted to collect the insurance on it and the truck and maybe spend some time in recovery. I'll give him credit for the electric lift idea' (my HEMI bouncing around from the pump action always spooked hell out of me, especially when I was working out there alone).but all that added other junk in the picture made that "thing weigh damned near as much as the ***anic, well almost at least. But there is a lot of good s**** iron there and I think a 12-volt battery or two.

 

Thanks for posting... Those things were EVERYWHERE around the PNW when I was a kid!