doogievlg
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I need to get my block into the back of my truck but I do not have the help to just carry it at the moment. The engine is stripped to the block and in a stand so I am not too sure where to hook a chain.
Lifting engine block with a hoist?
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ScampMike
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Last time I needed to put an engine into the bed of a pickup I simply wheeled the whole thing over, popped a wheelie to get the engine in and then unbolted it. If it's truly a bare block it's probably about 200lbs. - ya can't lift it but you should be able to move it around very easily. If you have to hoist it, do it like you would if you were taking it out of the car - bolt the chain(s) to the block and lift away. Oh, and put it up on an old tire in the bed.
I usually just thread a couple of bolts through the lifting chain into the head bolt holes. If your chain is too small for those size of bolts any of the bolt holes in the front of the block for the water pump would work too. A bare block really doesn't weigh that much. But in my experience it's just a little too much for one person to lift.
doogievlg
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The problem I am having is finding a place to bolt in the rear of the engine since it is on a stand.
doogievlg
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I am fairly certain my tailgate will be too high to pull that move off but I will check.
Hardware store, Lowes, Home Depot, McMaster-Carr, pick up a nylon lifting strap, loop it thru the block, hook it up to your cherry picker, put it in the truck. The nylon strap won't mark up the block so you don't have to worry about machined surfaces, you can pick any point that works for lifting.
A bare La block weighs 160 lbs.
A bare La block weighs 160 lbs.
ScampMike
Despicable Damn Yankee
lift it using the stand head - set it in the bed then unbolt it
Is your chain's links big enough for a head bolt? If so, one corner on the front, one corner on the opposing side rear.
vitamindart
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you could use a strap threw a couple cylinders or the main caps.
Bolt front and back(kitty cormer) where heads mount and lift it with stand a couple inches. Then take cradle off the block. I've one it lots by myself.
doogievlg
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I was thinking about this option.
doogievlg
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Do you think a ratchet strap would hold the engine? One with the big 4” webbing?
67Dart273
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That will lift THE ENTIRE CAR!!! A typical motorcycle tie down, 1" strap or whatever will lift a block especially if doubled / looped.
I have a BUNCH of chain/ fitings/ rigging. You can use head bolts, the bell bolts, the front water pump thread bosses, there are all kinds of ways
When I was about 20, I once picked up a complete 283 short block and carried it somewhere around 200 ft and tossed it into the trunk of a friend's 65 Chevelle.
Even in my old age.........and I'm not that strong........if I can "get ahold" of a Mopar SB meaning off a table, etc, I can still "get it off the ground" at say, waist level
i just use an engine chain and two grade 8 bolts, screw them into the deck, one on each side, one in front, one in the rear. tighten down and lift.
No offense, but you are wwwaaaayyyy over thinking this..........it's a bare block......you want it in the back of your truck.......you appear to have a cherry picker(you got the engine out of the car).........the pick point is not that critical so long as it's stable........rope, nylon straps, chain, chain covered up with rubber hose....... bolted, wrapped around the block so you can get into the truck
I get that, apparently, you are doing this alone.
Your 4 inch ratchet strap would do the job, wrap it around the block, cinch it up tight, hook it on the picker, pick it up. If you can, just pick it straight up, back your truck in under the block, set it down, that way you don't have to worry about the load swinging.
I get that, apparently, you are doing this alone.
Your 4 inch ratchet strap would do the job, wrap it around the block, cinch it up tight, hook it on the picker, pick it up. If you can, just pick it straight up, back your truck in under the block, set it down, that way you don't have to worry about the load swinging.
dibbons
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I used a chaina and two factory head bolts in the deck where the heads bolt on. However, later when I used the same bolts to assemble the cylinder heads, I was surprised that the two factory head bolts I had used to move the motor had actually bent a little bit. I still was able to use them, but they turned with a little more drag than the other bolts. (I probably lifted the block including the crankshaft, rods, and pistons in the case I am describing, so the "assembly" weighed more than a bare block). I won't use engine bolts any longer to lift motors.
skep419
No show, all go!
Funny you should ask. I just did this solo last night. Get a smaller truck hahahahaha
pishta
I know I'm right....
My Mazdas tailgate was the perfect height to roll a motor over on the stand and push the yoke off the stand. pick up the rest of the stand and toss it in. to get it out, you just lift up the yoke (lean the motor on the pan) and slide it into the stand and roll it out. I picked up a short block with a fan belt looped through the valley drains and onto my pickers hook. Never get under this, back the truck under it, dont attempt to move this deathtrap.
Do you have a driveway with a gutter at the street? I do this all the time.
Back truck towards Driveway and stop when tires are at deepest point of gutter. Drop tailgate. Roll engine on stand out so it's setting over the tailgate. Slowly back truck up driveway. The stand should lift off the ground. Slide main section of stand off. Engine loaded on tailgate.
Reverse steps for dropping it off.
Things you figure out when a one man show.
Back truck towards Driveway and stop when tires are at deepest point of gutter. Drop tailgate. Roll engine on stand out so it's setting over the tailgate. Slowly back truck up driveway. The stand should lift off the ground. Slide main section of stand off. Engine loaded on tailgate.
Reverse steps for dropping it off.
Things you figure out when a one man show.
GTXperience
Orig Stealth Mod
Yep ... just get 'er done!
lgjhn
"The faster you go, the faster you go..."
I just did this last month....LOL
Years ago, I cut a couple of pieces of 2" angle iron (a couple of pieces of unistrut angle will also work and they have the holes already there), drilled a hole on each side of each piece.
I got some short bolts the same thread pitch as the head bolts and bolted the angle iron to the block where the head bolts go diagonally opposite each other and sitting flat against the block surface. Then, used a chain coupler to fasten a piece of chain to em in the other hole and used the hoist to lift it up and slide it on in.
FWIW, those pieces permanently stay stored with my hoist & engine stand hardware.
Actually, if you can find a couple of strong young fellas to help ya, you can lift a completely stripped out SB by hand.
At 67, I'm not about to do that anymore....I'll use the hoist.
Years ago, I cut a couple of pieces of 2" angle iron (a couple of pieces of unistrut angle will also work and they have the holes already there), drilled a hole on each side of each piece.
I got some short bolts the same thread pitch as the head bolts and bolted the angle iron to the block where the head bolts go diagonally opposite each other and sitting flat against the block surface. Then, used a chain coupler to fasten a piece of chain to em in the other hole and used the hoist to lift it up and slide it on in.
FWIW, those pieces permanently stay stored with my hoist & engine stand hardware.
Actually, if you can find a couple of strong young fellas to help ya, you can lift a completely stripped out SB by hand.
At 67, I'm not about to do that anymore....I'll use the hoist.
doogievlg
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I just did this last month....LOL
Years ago, I cut a couple of pieces of 2" angle iron (a couple of pieces of unistrut angle will also work and they have the holes already there), drilled a hole on each side of each piece.
I got some short bolts the same thread pitch as the head bolts and bolted the angle iron to the block where the head bolts go diagonally opposite each other and sitting flat against the block surface. Then, used a chain coupler to fasten a piece of chain to em in the other hole and used the hoist to lift it up and slide it on in.
FWIW, those pieces permanently stay stored with my hoist & engine stand hardware.
Actually, if you can find a couple of strong young fellas to help ya, you can lift a completely stripped out SB by hand.
At 67, I'm not about to do that anymore....I'll use the hoist.
Had a friend come over and we just lifted it up into the bed.
Mopar-Man
Big Block Better Burnout
Yeah, I bolted the engine stand head to my bare 440 block so it was facing the tailgate. Then I rolled the stand over and locked the wheels. I lifted the motor up and slid the snout into the stand. I weigh 170lbs so it weighed more than I do.
moper
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They are not that heavy. Up until two years ago I used to just pick them up. Loop a tie town through whatever you want and lift it. No big deal.
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