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06-28-2017, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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Shade Tree Mechanic
This is the definition of shade tree mechanic. I am working on my 1931 ccpu under the shade, provided by my oak tree on a typical hot and humid summer time day in South Carolina.
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TOO BAD the limbs aren't BIG enough for a CHAIN HOIST!
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06-28-2017, 01:59 PM | #3 |
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You need sweet tea. And that flask in yer pocket.
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If we had a "like" button, I'd be using it.
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06-28-2017, 04:58 PM | #5 |
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Chief did his BEST work under a HUGE Oak that would shade 6 cars & support his chain hoist. Mamma brought COLD TEA & boiled our carb parts in LYE SOAP, in a BLACK pot that swung into the fireplace. She also boiled BEANS in it! (Tip#27)
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Somewhere I have a photo of me pulling the engine out of my 29 tudor in 1975, with the chain fall hanging from a tree branch. I still have the tudor, and the engine.
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Before Chief got a chain hoist, he & Uncle "Pappy" pulled engines with a chain & a pole. I'd stand in front & balance it on the crossmember, while they huffed & puffed, then they let it down on a barn door & ripped it apart! If I were that STRONG, I'd be DANGEROUS & go around breakin' things Bill Helper
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06-28-2017, 07:36 PM | #9 |
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I helped a friend pull an engine out of his old pickup using a chain and pole with me on one side and him on the other. He wasn't very neat with his lawn mowing or picking up junk in the back yard because I stepped on a board with a nail in it and had to stand on the board with one foot and pull my other foot off the nail. I never helped him pull another engine.
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06-28-2017, 09:08 PM | #10 |
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The first engine I ever removed, I used a tree limb, two log chains, and two chain binders. Slow, but it worked, and I sure couldn't afford a chain hoist. If you're poor, you can get real creative.
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06-28-2017, 10:57 PM | #11 |
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I used a wood sawhorse and quickest leg additions in the west legs attached to it with a cable come along as a hoist. it worked well. Shame we didnt design it just a hair wider to accommodate an S10 bed... Its NOT fun trying to drag an engine and trans into the bed the rest of the way meanwhile worrying if the tailgate cables are going to snap haha. Ya do what you gotta do!
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My first R&R was the 235 in my 55 Chevy, but I don't remember what I used to lift the engine out. I used my neighbor's barn to do the job, so I might have used a differential hoist hanging from the ceiling. |
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06-29-2017, 12:31 AM | #13 |
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Ever see an engine pulled with inner tubes? Pretty amazing. Same principal as exploding watermelons with rubber bands.
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06-29-2017, 03:19 AM | #14 |
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Tom,
Tell us about a "DIFFERENTIAL HOIST"??? Bill W.
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"differential hoist", they're sure gut wrenchers. I hated using them, we were sure happy when my older brother got a geared chain hoist.
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The differential hoist uses a chain and pulleys with pockets for the links to lock into. On the top is a pulley with two sets of chain pockets side by side with a different number of pockets. Let's say one side has 20 pockets and the other has 19 pockets, so as you pull the chain down over the 19 pockets, the pulley is lifting the same chain by using 20 pockets, so it's slowly shortening the chain around the bottom pulley with the hook that is lifting the engine. This gives a great mechanical advantage, but a lot of chain pulling, and believe me, I'm not pulling your chain.
Here's one on ebay now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cool-Vintage...YAAOSww9xZCVua |
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I'M SO STUPID, I "thought" it wuz a hoist made from a REAR END--LOL
I've seen separate rear ends used for hay STACKERS/UNLOADERS & even PILE DRIVERS! Chief described a PILE DRIVER, used by the W.P.A. waaaay back when. Model As were KING, with the W.P.A. They even had their own "wrecking" yards, for SPARE parts! Bill W.
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Great pic
I can see it in black and white, with a typical American family about to come out of the shop, load up and head to town
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Did you get a TETANUS SHOT?---I "hear" it prevents FOOT RUST Bill W.
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Would I qualify as a shade tree mechanic if I used a pine tree instead of an oak to pull a steering wheel?
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No Bill, I remember this old fellow told me that the rubber sole on my hunting boots would have cleaned the nail before it went through my foot. I was a lot tougher back then and I think the good Lord watches over dummies and little pups.
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Use "search" to find my SURE-FIRE wheel removal method, taught to me by an Old Dutchman. I "laboriously" tiped it out in GREAT detail Since then, I have NEVER had to use a puller or BANG on one. (TIP# 187) Bill Trick
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Bill,
When I was trying to get that steering wheel off a year or so ago, I posted asking for ideas to remove it and you kindly replied describing your method. Not being a wimp in the muscle category, I tried as you suggested several times but it would not budge. That is why I resorted to the tree and winch to break it loose. I always enjoy reading about your Model A adventures and ideas how to fix things using unorthodox but common sense methods. Glen
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