yooper822
Joe Roberts
What are the preferred lift points (chain attach points) for the 6 with the tranny installed?
Thanks......so ypu suggest leaving the manifolds on for the lifting?No problem with not pulling the trans... that is my general preference.
And yes they will hold.... use grade 5 bolts or better. I suspect the factory process would be to use both bolts to mount a plate with a hole in it for a hook. But, I am kinda like you..... that seems pretty lightweight, and so I used a second safety chain loosely around the manifolds as a back up.
I bought some bolts and washers this morning for lifting....they had some heavy angle iron at the hardware store I almost bought to make my own lift "plate" but decided that since others used just the bolts I should be OK.....crossing fingers. LOLThanks. I saved that photo. The engine in the foreground might be the one in my 64 Valiant. Re lifting, someone here found one of those factory lifting plates. Some might have wound up at dealers. Perhaps the reference to lifting from the front or rear holes didn't refer to the bolt holes in the top of the head, but rather to the two big holes in the lifting plate. I wonder what the tube snaking around the front is. A smaller tube comes around the rear. Both terminate on a special plate bolted to the power steering mount pad. Perhaps used for filling fluids
.....I wonder what the tube snaking around the front is....
...NO BIG CENTER BOLT ON THE CRANK like I am used to on my LA 318......so what is the best way to turn the engine by hand??? ....
Yep...we used the center bolt from a puller and we pulled the plugs......easy as pie!No bolt but you can screw one after cleaning the tread.......if I remember well.....
....Can't figure out what the tubing is though......