Mechanic manually removing engine from vehicle - GIF

Mechanic manually removing engine from vehicle.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...134#post211012
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...164#post218163
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...086#post141182
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...441#post204896
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...128#post187935

That is an early 2000s Toyota Camry. The engine in it weighs ~265 lbs/120 kg. Stripped of the manifolds, balancer, and most accessories, it's still over 200 lbs/90 kg. I hope this gentleman has a good chiropractor.

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Originally Posted by ductape

That is an early 2000s Toyota Camry. The engine in it weighs ~265 lbs/120 kg. Stripped of the manifolds, balancer, and most accessories, it's still over 200 lbs/90 kg. I hope this gentleman has a good chiropractor.

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I hope he has a good pair of shoes. Similar lifts on his TikTok:

In crocs: https://www.tiktok.com/@samuelogodie...92393937702149

In slippers: https://www.tiktok.com/@samuelogodie...85533951413509

In socks: https://www.tiktok.com/@samuelogodie...36450805173509

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Originally Posted by Jon

I hope he has a good pair of shoes.

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He has a good pair of shoes, he just doesn't want to wreck them while working on cars.

Amazing skills, I guess nobody told him he couldn't so he does.

Many many years ago the boffins at The Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough England, after having studied a lot of bumble bees, declared that according to all of the flight parameters normally required, that a bumble bee cannot fly, but of course it doesn't know that so flies anyway.

I used to do stupid stuff like that, ended up having my first back surgery at 29 yrs old. I wish I hadn't been so stubborn and impatient when I was young.

It's an alloy engine, so comparatively light weight, I changed Ford cast iron 'Kent' and 'Pinto' engines using a rope across my shoulders by standing up from a crouch whilst standing on the strut tops 40 years ago, not something I'd try now!

I could probably still pick up and move a long block, though accessory stripped 3L v6 Aluminum ford engine from the floor and sit it on a table, But I don't for a couple of reasons. First my knees would kill me for several days afterwards, 2 I have a hoist to do it for me.

Well, now that I know how it's done, I might have to go down the street and "borrow" my neighbor's Hellcat engine for my Wrangler...

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Originally Posted by schuylergrace

Well, now that I know how it's done, I might have to go down the street and "borrow" my neighbor's Hellcat engine for my Wrangler...

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At 500 pounds you might need a couple more human port a cranes to help you.

There is a saying on the water-front in Sydney "If you can't get a crane, get a shipwright".

j'ai fait de ces bêtises -pas moteur de voiture-mais vannes, pieces de mécaniques diverses ---> prothèse d'un genou,operation d'un coude,cervicales en vrac, éventration..

ces gars là sont courageux,et heureusement très solides.. mais une simple chèvre faite avec 3 poteaux télégraphiques en bois,une poulie et une corde lui eviterait bien des efforts.

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Originally Posted by alainbiggun

j'ai fait de ces bêtises -pas moteur de voiture-mais vannes, pieces de mécaniques diverses ---> prothèse d'un genou,operation d'un coude,cervicales en vrac, éventration..

ces gars là sont courageux,et heureusement très solides.. mais une simple chèvre faite avec 3 poteaux télégraphiques en bois,une poulie et une corde lui eviterait bien des efforts.

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Travaillez plus dur, pas plus intelligemment.