Important! : engine crane ....

1. kirby351 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 129 silver 106 gti

   #1 17th January 2009, 15:52

   need one for tomorrow as a friend has let me down !! can any one lend me one ? i live in rotherham parkgate and would need it for just the day and i would get it straight back to you !!
   
   sorry this is really just my last chance to get the 16v power by next week
   
   all help/suggestions appreciated !!
   
   thanks Matt !!
2. kirby351 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 129 silver 106 gti

   #2 17th January 2009, 16:10

   cheers guys /
3. kirby351 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 129 silver 106 gti

   #3 17th January 2009, 16:34

   No helpers for a desprate man ?
4. gixxa Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 manchester Posts: 1704 vtr turbo

   #4 17th January 2009, 17:47

   you might get better look if you say if you will collect it and offer a deposit to ensure its safe return
5. r_i_c_h_1 Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 305

   #5 17th January 2009, 17:56

   You don't need an engine crane, just remove everything that would foul it underneath, get 2 or 3 m8's together and lift the front of the car up and over the engine. Just prop the engine in rougly the right place n height n your away! Other than the couple hours it'll take you to plum it all in, lol.
6. Andy_K Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2004 in the garage trying to fix the car Posts: 5882 Mondeo st tdci & Supercharged vts

   #6 17th January 2009, 17:59

   Yeah, as said - drop it through the bottom.
   
   HSS and other hire places will rent you one for a day for a few quid as an alternative mate
7. user_15989 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857

   #7 17th January 2009, 18:02

   Is it for working on your Saxo? You can do a engine swap with out one if you get a few mates to help. You can do its your self if you have a good size jack but its a right pain. What you can do is actually lift the car up and drop it on the engine. Chock the rear wheels well and jack the front of the car up and hold it up there on blocks of wood or similar. If you have a few strong guys to help you can actually just pick the front of the car up on to the wooden blocks. Then slide your engine under the car, best if you can have it on a jack. Then lower the car slowly on to the engine. If your engine is on a jack you can jack it up and just guide it in to place. Its actually a dam sight harder than it sounds but it is possible if like me all the oil fall out your crane. You can do it to get a engine out of a car as well.
   
   Edit: Dam some one always beats me to it