[DeTomaso] How easy to pull a ZF vertically using an overhead beam?

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

It's a lot easier to muscle it out if someone is watching.

HEE MAN!!

You get dirty in the process - very dirty.

You might ding/scratch the paint.

A cherry picker is MUCH easier.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Sep 16, 2009 3:49 PM
>To: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How easy to pull a ZF vertically using an overhead	beam?
>
>I was planning to lift it with some kind of winch attached to a beam, not muscle it out.  It hurts my back to just think of trying to lift it over the fenders.
> 
>Ken
>
>--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>From: Kirby Schrader <kirby.schrader at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] How easy to pull a ZF vertically using an overhead beam?
>To: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 1:26 PM
>
>
>In my opinion...
>
>Yes. Even with the deck lid on.
>I've done it myself several times.
>Remove halfshafts, shift rod, rear mounts, bellhousing bolts, clutch slave, etc.
>Support rear of engine with a 2x6" piece of wood under pan.
>Slide ZF and bellhousing out and lift out of car. Easier to do it with
>a 'cherry picker', though...
>Hard on the back lifting it out by hand, although I've done it that way.
>
>Yes, absolutely no issue as long as the rear of the engine is supported.
>Otherwise, the engine wants to drop at the rear.
>
>
>
>
>On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Is this a one man job with the deck off?
>>
>> Do the motor mounts alone hold the engine OK with the ZF out?
>>
>> The motor and ZF were installed in the body as a convenience, otherwise the engine compartment is empty, no rear window.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken
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