Swinging the head back under the hood?
It's a slow morning and I got some time for thinkin over my coffee. I'm just one old man, workin’ by my self here. So I got the head, (’50, 3604, 216, hood still on truck) off by my self, using a few six foot 2 x 4’s and 6's. Once I was able to slide it over to the fender I could lift it off, although I think I might have strained my milk doing that!! The problem I’m anticipating in a few weeks is setting it straight down over the alignment studs with out damaging the head gasket or dinging the freshly machined surfaces. Now remember I’m doing this by my self, with the hood still on, and no cherry picker at my disposal or room to get one along side. Oh, and I can't talk my "big old wife" into leaning over the other fender to help either.
Anyone ever rigged/designed any kind of a one man mini hoist that would work in this situation or have any suggestions?
I was thinkin' some kind of lever and fulcrum arrangement like you see the pyramid builders using on the discovery channel, ya know!! Like I could push the lever down with my free leg while I'm guiding it on with my hands?? Just kiddin of course, but something along those lines might just work, its less than a hundred pounds so it wouldn't take much of a lever.
Man to be 21 again, when lifting 75lbs over the fender by your self was a piece~O~cake!!!
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
