I am actually almost shocked that such a thing has not been already used
before I thought of it.  It is so natural to use this kind.  And I used to
use a cherry picker before.  There was time when I lifted an engine in that
took more than one day to mach with the transmission, with enourmous effort.
Now it takes minutes.
Zoltan

----- Original Message -----
From: "neil N" <musomuso@gmail.com>
To: "The Westy man" <zolo@foxinternet.net>
Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!

> That hoist sure made "fine tuning" engine position easy for my conversion.
>
> i.e. getting the drive train level with the vehicle, then measuring up
> and making the parts for the engine carrier. It was also really useful
> for setting the best engine height.
>
> And it also worked great to get the engine in. --- ;^)
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM, The Westy man <zolo@foxinternet.net>
> wrote:
>> Amaizing how little recognition that simple device I made, to take out
>> and
>> istall the engine to make it a joy, received.  And for me to read about
>> double jacks and all kind of obvious struggles with platforms and what
>> not,
>> is really a puzzle why most don't realized the simplicity without lifting
>> the car both sides.
>> Well, we are not all the same, I guess.  I went through my struggles
>> myself
>> too.
>> Zoltan
>
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