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Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 01:56 AM
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Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

Some 2x4's (I cut to 11", whatever works for you) and some $2 caster wheels from ace hardware. Everything's got 3" screws through it all, so it's pretty damn strong.

Makes rolling this thing around a BREEZE! Just throwing out a suggestion.



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Old Nov 16, 2004 | 02:03 AM
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Re: Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

Dave its easy to see you are picture happy and love to take pictures and thats good. I was wondering during your motor swap have you removed your console? I don't know if you removed it to get the shifter out of the body or anything. If you did could you by chance take a pic of the front console mounting bracket. I'm gonna do a 97+ console swap on my car and i don't have that bracket so i would like to see what one looks like. Thanks.

Ps those carts look like they work pretty good for rolling the k-member around. I was lucky and had access to a Semi truck transmission jack. It was strong and big enough i could put my whole K-member and tranny on it and jack it up back into the body.
Old Nov 17, 2004 | 12:07 AM
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Re: Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

Another good way is use the creeper.
Old Nov 17, 2004 | 06:16 AM
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Re: Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

I used some car dollies, 2 in the front and 1 under the tranny
Old Nov 17, 2004 | 07:32 AM
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Re: Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

Just put my engine in last night. I had two floor jacks. One under k-member, and one under the tranny. Casters would be easier to roll around though.
Old Nov 17, 2004 | 10:21 AM
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Re: Easy way to roll stuff around! (Esp engine cradle + trans)

Looks like I'm going to make something like that too next time I pull my motor. When I did it last time, I used 3 jacks to support everything. It was a little bit of a pain to line up all 3 sometimes but it worked.
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