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| | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 12 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 12 | Just curious because I might be picking up a 53'GMC 248 engine and I have a way of loading it there, but I might be unloading it manually off a trailer. Need to know if I'll need help. Any information would be helpful. Thanks. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | 52GMC9300,
I saw a similar question recently. They provided a nice link, take a look!
http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/library/txt/engfyi.htm
Stuart | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
The only GMC engine on that list is a 261 (maybe in a Canadian GMC)?
At 544 lbs that 261 is a bit lighter than a 216/235 at 615-630 lbs.
Most likely the 248 engine is 600 lbs +/- 50 lbs (depending on fluids and attached parts)?
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Need to know if I'll need help. Short answer, yes. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 360 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 360 | fyi...3 guys to offload a full 51 235 w/ clutch and bellhousing intact from the rear of a 2550 hd pick up. old mechanics trick...place motor down on an old used tire, maybe lifted by a few stacked boards. wider is better. holds motor nice and stops the crushing of the pan.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,897 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,897 | Can unload without a lift or friends if you have an engine stand, a pickup and a nice driveway. Set the engine stand up and literally drive the engine off the truck. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Rent a cherry picker, it won't break the bank and will keep from breaking your back.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 388 | These weight summaries can sometimes be misleading or confusing as there can be inconsistencies in the attached parts, as mentioned above. Most of the engine weight listed by Chevrolet for the 216 and early (pre 1955?) usually include the bellhousing, clutch, and flywheel; the later engine weights do not include those parts. That probably explains the 70 to 85 lb difference between the 261 and 216 in the list of weights. While I was assembling a 261 a couple of years ago I made a pretty good effort to weigh all of the parts as I went along, shown in this link. Hoyt | | | | | Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 35 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 35 | 450 or 600 lbs. does not matter if you drop it on you or something else or even just brake the motor. it is far better to play it safe and have lots of help, as in a motor hoist or a comealong hung in the rafters or a tree. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | If you don't have a hoist you will need 2 strong people to help you. I helped another person carry a bare, empty 302 block and it was quite heavy. The 248 is the same basic casting, and the head and internal guts probably add another 200 lbs.
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