I used a similar set up, with out the bricks though. I took out Totoro's
engine with a floor jack underneath and a 4x4 wooden beam with a ratchet
strap up top.  the ratchet strap/4x4 were really more for "safety"  if you
can call it that, I just didn't want the engine to fall off the jack.   Put
it in the same way nice and easy. A little finesse lowering the jack, then
the ratchet, then the jack etc.

Brendan

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Stuart MacMillan <macgroup@comcast.net>
wrote:

> It's amazing what you can do with bricks, a 2x4, and a nylon strap!  I
> don't
> see a winch, so who did you get under the engine to lift it?  Hulk Hogan?
> What engine is that BTW?
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jeff Kennedy
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:08 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
>
> This one's far enough behind me I can laugh at it. It was cheap!
> Shoulda seen me put in a transmission with a scissor jack...
>
> http://jeffkennedy.org/engine_lift.jpg
>
> Jeff
> 84 Westy
>