I remove the rocker arms and pushrods, and attach two short pieces of angle iron to the cylinder head with 3/8-16 grade 8 bolts. Then use a piece of 5/16" chain linked to the angle iron with clevises to lift the engine. Lift from slightly rear of center to account for the weight of the flywheel, clutch, and bell housing. If you remove the front sheet metal- - - - -fenders, hood, and radiator support, it's a LOT easier to pull the engine on that style of truck. That assembly can be removed all in one piece with a little forethought and a couple of strong-armed helpers. Jerry
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If you have the rockers with studs that hold the valve cover on, you can use them as attaching points. I do that on my 216 with an engine leveler that I built from a trailer tongue jack. I pull and install the engine with the 3-speed transmission attached. Picture #1 shows that. I've use the same setup with the cab on as well (front clip removed. The 48-51 Truck Shop manual shows using a couple of eye bolts in place of a couple head bolts. Picture #2 is an excerpt from that manual. Pic #3 shows the eyebolts and lifting bracket from the special tool figure in the manual.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
I used my cherry picker engine hoist to pull my front assembly when I pulled my engine. Used a old tow strap as the lifting sling.
Yep. A 2x4 spreader and a length of rope thru the brackets for the fender braces. Balances nicely there. Not familiar with the configuration of the earlier trucks, but I think the front clip could be manhandled off with 2-3 guys, as there's not a lot of weight there.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
cherry picker and I used the forward manifold bolt hole and made a "L" shaped 1/4 steel bracket that mounted to the 2 coil mount holes. Nuts as spacer to keep the chain or strap off the rocker/valve cover. Leveled nice. Spreader bar helped the 1st time.
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Hey Kevin, I like your homemade hoist rigging. That is slick. Whenever I make something like that, I always call it a "3-way adjustable mortising jig" even though it rarely is adjustable in 3 ways and it never involves morticing. I lifted it from an episode of This Old House featuring Norm Abrums. When I use that term publicly, it usually flies over most people's head, but I am not doing it for them. I tend to do things just for entertaining myself. If someone else is entertained by it, well, good for them I guess.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
Thanks Carl. Since I never throw anything away, I always have raw materials for my "3-way adjustable mortising jigs". I also have a few "better mousetraps" around.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
That's funny, Carl. I call oddball stuff that I make or use the "moss covered, three handled, family gradunza." from The Cat in the Hat.
Like your experience, it goes over everybody's head.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
