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| Re: [GMCnet] Getting the engine back in [message #75725] |
Fri, 05 March 2010 16:54  |
Steven Ferguson
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Remove the water pump and get some assistance.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Denis Leconte <denis_leconte@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone! I'm back to work on my coach, after an eternity of not doing anything to it for lack of time and money...
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> OK, so it's time for me to do get my engine + transmission back in the coach...
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> I have lifted the front by the required 36" so that the whole thing would roll under on its little chariot, it's there now (front still in the air, secured on very sturdy cribbing). I have installed double chains front and back, with grade 5 bolts in the holes at the front and back of the heads. 2 chain hoists, one to the front chains and one to the back chains.
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> My problem is that when I lift the thing, it turns counterclockwise, the more so as I lift the front, and it basically wedges itself shortly after I clear the front crossmember with the pulley, at a 45% angle or so to what it should be.
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> Any hints as to how to better guide it in? This weekend I am going to try and position the hooks on the chains to that the front hook is more to the left, and the back hook is more to the right, and hope that this will do it.
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> I should add that the front axles are still in there, but that didn't keep the thing from coming out the same way I am trying to get it back in...
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> I would certainly welcome any advice/opinions on the matter!
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> Denis Leconte - denis_leconte@yahoo.com
> 1977 Eleganza II - 455 engine - Los Angeles, CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Getting the engine back in [message #75729 is a reply to message #75725] |
Fri, 05 March 2010 17:09  |
Kingsley Coach
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Denis
You need another body...and guess what? I'm available !
I might ask you to pay my way there though.....
Been there , done that, and likely will have to do it again...so just
consider this the learning curve and next time, you'll have it a lot easier.
I put mine together as two separate entries...first the engine, then the
trans....not planned, just how it happened!
Mike in NS...packing a suitcase in case <g>
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Steven Ferguson <botiemad11@gmail.com>wrote:
> Remove the water pump and get some assistance.
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Denis Leconte <denis_leconte@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello everyone! I'm back to work on my coach, after an eternity of not
> doing anything to it for lack of time and money...
> >
> > OK, so it's time for me to do get my engine + transmission back in the
> coach...
> >
> > I have lifted the front by the required 36" so that the whole thing would
> roll under on its little chariot, it's there now (front still in the air,
> secured on very sturdy cribbing). I have installed double chains front and
> back, with grade 5 bolts in the holes at the front and back of the heads. 2
> chain hoists, one to the front chains and one to the back chains.
> >
> > My problem is that when I lift the thing, it turns counterclockwise, the
> more so as I lift the front, and it basically wedges itself shortly after I
> clear the front crossmember with the pulley, at a 45% angle or so to what it
> should be.
> >
> > Any hints as to how to better guide it in? This weekend I am going to try
> and position the hooks on the chains to that the front hook is more to the
> left, and the back hook is more to the right, and hope that this will do it.
> >
> > I should add that the front axles are still in there, but that didn't
> keep the thing from coming out the same way I am trying to get it back in...
> >
> > I would certainly welcome any advice/opinions on the matter!
> >
> > --
> > Denis Leconte - denis_leconte@yahoo.com
> > 1977 Eleganza II - 455 engine - Los Angeles, CA
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> Steve Ferguson
> '76 EII
> Sierra Vista, AZ
> Urethane bushing source
> www.bdub.net/ferguson/
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS
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