equipment needed to lift and move an engine?

[thedeuceman]

I could use the transom / gimbal assembly if that's not spoken for...

You need an old one like that ?
I think I have 2


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[Neutron68]

Seems like someone would have suggested that very thing.......

Yep.  And that person was onto something!

I hope the boom is long enough to reach the engine as it sits in the pickup bed.

Eric

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[Plugcheck]

Most booms are adjustable.  Rated weight goes down as boom is adjusted out.  Has a tendency to tip forward when extended all the way out at 500lb setting, usually the front wheels can extend also to compensate.  I use mine quite a bit, works good hanging OB's

[Neutron68]

I started assembling the crane on Sunday.  I had to stop when the metric  bolts were bigger than the metric sockets I had.  &#^@%@&*@


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[Plugcheck]

You just need a metric crescent wrench.

[Neutron68]

You just need a metric crescent wrench.

Funny. 

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[Neutron68]

The engine from Ben's V-179 doesn't have any hoist rings on it. 
Any idea what bolt thread I would need to screw into the hoist ring location near the front (water pump end) of the engine?
If I have to go to the local hardware store for a bolt, I'd like to have a clue what thread size to get.

Maybe I could unbolt the hoist ring from the current engine and transfer it to the V-179 engine?

Eric

[Jason]

Pull the lift eye from your other engine for the front. Then around the exhaust elbow for the rear.

[Neutron68]

I got the shop crane assembled and easily lifted the engine out of the pickup truck.
It's now on a movers dolly so I can move it around easily.

[Rosscoe]

Nice. Looks more robust then mine. My ram//cylinder did leak when I got it and they gave me a 3 ton ram...which leaks too. Really sucks when you're trying to install an engine and it keeps lowering itself.