Jim's 1980 SG Miss September

Amazing what you can do with a cutoff saw... a welder..... and a sacrificial C Clamp. :whistle:

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OK Jim, I'll bite. What the heck is it?

Part of your new engine hoist?
 
This has got to do something with the engine installation?:shrug:
 
Yeah, it's the tilt mechanism for the engine hoist fixture....
Here it is mounted to my dummy engine. I still gotta clean up all the sharp edges... paint... you know, all that OCD stuff

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100% scrap metal. 'cept the clamp of course. But I still got a whole herd of them... ;)
 
Ready to Hang
Fitted the engine hoist fixture to the engine.... it fits.

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Front mount attachment....

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Rear mount....

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Upper mount.....

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And a couple of shots of the tilt mechanism.

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Ready to lift!!!

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Made entirely from scrap. Even the paint was leftovers from another project. I call it OCD Yellow :)
So.... here's the major sticking point. I've looked high and low for the better part of a week now, and I'll be damned if I can find the eng. mount bolts

WTF?!
 
I like that! Very creative. Do you have a wench mounted to your garage rafters?
Man I wish I had some method of removing the engine by myself. I’d really love to pull my motor from the frame but no way I can manage that. I’ve thought about an electric wench from H.F.
Great work as usual. By the way, you’ll find your bolts.......right after you replace them.
o_O
 
Nice work Jim! Man talk about attention to detail. You've even got grease fittings on that sucker!

Love the colour. Boy that engine looks purdy!
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Thanks Bob. It's a 1 ton hoist.

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Yeah.... it's overkill but my cherry picker is buried in the basement and I don't feel like diggin' it out.
By the way, you’ll find your bolts.......right after you replace them.
That's usually how it works... ain't it...:(
 
I'm guessin' that KS was thinkin' a powered 'tilt' mechanism....
 
MaxPete I have two of those types. One to lift a mower deck and the other drives the twine arms on a baler. It would not have occurred to me to use either as a lift. They are both fiddly to work with. But I ain't saying it won't work.
 
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