The key in lifting your engine for whatever reason other than to drop the
engine and the lift point should only support the engine weight not the
complete or even partial vehicle weight.
If you lift the vehicle by placing a block or such under the engine case or
tranny case you're prone to discover broken motor mounts, tranny mount and
possibly damage your engine case.
I've seen many engine cases welded up at the top mounting holes and a few
welded up at the bottom mounting holes ........
Use some common sense in all procedures for lifting your van.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Oda" <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Jackin' Up The Van

Isn't is possible to jack the van up by putting the jack plate under
the engine block.  I think this is what the "101 projects for your
porsche" book recommends.  It says to put a piece of wood or something
under the engine block to avoid scratching it.  Any thoughts on why
this wouldn't work on a vanagon?

-- Craig

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:16:32 -0600, Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> I've lifted mine many times from the steel engine yoke that the rear motor
> mounts screw to.
> I've never bent one doing it this way but you could also lift from the
point
> that the tranny mounts to the front crossbar. I've done this too but it
> seems to be about a balancing point and not as stable as the rear lift
> scenario.
>
> Stan Wilder
> Engine Ceramics
> 214-352-4931
> www.engineceramics.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Chameides" <docproteus@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:56 PM
> Subject: Jackin' Up The Van
>
> If I have a floor jack and want to raise the van from the center rear
> without doing one side and then the other (I don�t want it to tip side to
> side right now) is there a center point that is strong enough to be a jack
> point (keeping in mind that as soon as I get the butt up in the air, I�ll
be
> jack standing the leafs and letting it rest back down on them).  Will the
> transmission hold the weight?
>
> Dave
>
>
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