| Engine Gantry/Trolley Available in SoCal..?? [message #286214] |
Sun, 30 August 2015 23:59  |
RuidosoKid
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Registered: August 2013
Location: SoCal
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Hi All,
Was wondering if anyone in the SoCal area ( I live in Rosamond/Lancaster, CA), would happen to know of an engine trolley that can be borrowed/bought so that I can R&R and engine for my coach and possibly another one.. My friend has a shop and is a mechanic willing to do the job but he says without some mechanical device it is too risky to try and put jack stands under and figure out the load averages.. Thanks in advance...
I did search the site first but apparently one was listed and sold asap last year.. My email is: Sebastian_dog@yahoo.com If anyone has the plans on how to make one, that would be awesome as well and we can try to recreate it here...
- A.J.
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| Re: Engine Gantry/Trolley Available in SoCal..?? [message #286355 is a reply to message #286214] |
Tue, 01 September 2015 14:32  |
Francois
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Registered: October 2012
Location: Southern California
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I built mine. I used 2 2x8 x 14 ft. lumber, with 1/2 inch plywood sandwiched in the middle.
As far as the trolley, I modified a Harbor Freight trolley made for a steel I beam.
If you use the 2x8 wood girder, you want to get the whole assembly as far forward as you can so the base in the front blocks the engine compartment access hole the least amount. To do that, you don't want the girder square on the top front. You want the top corner of the lumber cut off at an angle, allowing the whole assembly to move as far forward as possible, so the base of the front support is as far forward as you can get.
Sorry, but mine is in use at the moment.
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