My Redneck motor hoist

Nice save ! Hopefully that's not oil spilled on your driveway

Brian,

Very creative, that give hope for a simpleton like me when my inevitable time comes. Is the 4x suspended/supported between a garage door frame?

Chuck

[QUOTE=bkhallpa$$]   Here's a pic of my redneck motor hoist.   BKH
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Brian, Thats one sentence I never thought Id hear from you ... .. why are yopu pulling the engine?

No oil in the driveway Todicus, just water.

Chuck, That particular garage door is 10 ft wide, and 10ft high. I tacked a 2X8, 8 ft long to each side of the garage door frame as the support, and then tacked the 4x6 header on top of the 2X8s. The 4x6 header would have been sufficient except for the 10 foot span. Next time I'll use a full header piece.

Two come-alongs, and a piece of chain and voila. Whole thing took about 30 minutes.

Steve, had to pull the motor because the stringers and floor are shot. I have the same project as Ski Bum has been undertaking since Christmas. Yes BJ, a very dusty mess.

Paul, won't be stock, as I will not be replicating the orignal carpet or upholstery. Haven't decided how far to veer from there.

Eric, here in CA, I believe redneck has been defined as anyone who will choose beer over wine BKH

Way to go Brian,I'd suggest nailing 1/2 plywood to both sides of the 4x8 when you go back in you never can tell about wood grain.

I too am jealous, I've wanted another 79 since 82 when I thought I needed a power slot MC.

Best of luck to ya

Munday

You got it goin on BK,     I see you got your redneck motor cradle too. I still like to use that old oak tree limb growin over the driveway.

From the book Common Errors in English Usage:

"A viola is a flower or a musical instrument. The expression which means “behold!” is voila. It comes from a French expression literally meaning “look there!” In French it is spelled with a grave accent over the A, as voilà, but when it was adopted into English, it lost its accent. Such barbarous misspellings as “vwala” are even worse, caused by the reluctance of English speakers to believe that OI can represent the sound “wah,” as it usually does in French."

If I had a tree, I would have used it. The only tree on the property is a palm. BKH

The guy in the photo is my neighbor, I was taking the picture at the time. BKH

87, secret is three car garage. My pickup is what goes outside. Now, I do have to move and/or wash her car when the dust starts flying. BKH

P.S. Is "admire" another way of saying "you're out of your mind?" The guy to admire is skibum. He took on this project and it is his only boat. I've got another boat sitting on the lift, so it doesn't matter when or if I ever finish.

79 nice bar, how fast does it go? Really though that looks cool, the rope in the eye really adds to the look.

BK no I didn't mean you were out of your mind when I said admire. I just wish I had the time to do these kinds of repairs myself. It's touch and go everyday, home this day, then for the next two weeks I am only home long enough to sleep and pay bills. But it's all worth it come summer time. Yeah 3 car garage would be nice, but a$$ociation will not allow me to add on. I asked.

Chris, very cool bar.

You are correct, the span is the issue. However, with the width of the trailer, didn't have much spare room. We were fooled. Lifting the motor up, no problem. Wasn't until we had it half way down that it cracked. In hindsight, we should have propped a couple more 8 footers under the header once we had the boat pulled out. BKH

I think using trees is more redneck.

jbear wrote: 79; Love the bar. Is it in your garage

It's at my friend Beth's barn along with the other half, might make another out of it as well. Haven't decided what to do with it yet.

Dude: You are knockin'out the posts. See all you've missed by being gone?

john

SMay81SN wrote: Brian, I wish I could have done that before I sold the 81 that Chris now has cut in half. But it does look pretty cool as a bar.

Wait, what did you say??? What's cut in half?

Ken