Lifting engine for installation

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Like I stated before. I have no doubts it works most of the time. But if just one engine has hit the ground due to a carb plate failure that is one to many when there are other options. I personally will take the extra 5 minutes it takes to better attach my engine crane to my engine, or a customers engine. Simple decision for me. To each there own.

That is true. Do what you feel safe with. The only time I have actually had an engine drop was lifting it with a chain cross bolted to the heads. The one that dropped due to a broken chain was a mystery because it snapped right in the middle. Chain was fairly new and looked fine and my cousin had used it before but that time it just snapped a link. My cousin nearly lost some fingers over that one. That's a scary thing to see!