I'm making preparations for getting a crossflow engine and I need to get lifting gear.
Does anyone have the following info:
1. Weight of engine on its own.
2. Weight of gearbox.
3. Will the main beam in my shed support the weight or will I be left standing next to a squashed chassis in a pile of splinters
Thanks
Dave

Hi

Depending on whats on your crossflow the wieght will be roughly 100Kg and the gearbox approx 45kg

David

Thanks

don't forget to add in a good margin of safety. I've bent a machine mart (ok, not the best quality) lifting eye on my load leveller in the past.

(i sort of started lifting the escort, engine and gearbox all at the same time!)

I guess it will also depend on the size of your roof joists, luckily for me my garage joists are concrete

Jason

If you concentrate you can carry a crossflow engine in your arms (drain the oil and take the cylinder head and flywheel off first) - and bend your legs not your back.

The gearbox is an easy carry by hand.

I shifted two crossflow engines and three gearboxes from my garage like that this weekend.

D

Carrying a short block is quite easy, had to get mine into the back of my car by myself and then out at the other end and all the way dow my driveway to basement which is very steep! Arms were aching a bit after. You need to be pretty strong/fit to carry one with head and flywheel on though!

When I sold my 1340 x-flow and gearbox it took three of us to struggle lifting it into the back of a Landrover!

And I can lift my R1 engine in and out of my Striker myself!

If you feel your beam is a bit suspect, you can always reinforce it. I had to with mine, got a length of steel angle the length of the beam, I used 3" x 3" x 1/4", weld a 3/8" lifting loop in the middle, and screwed it to the beam every 8" with four inch No. 12 screws. Does it work, well it will support my V6 with gearbox attached, in and out of the car, and that's a LOT heavier than an Xflow. hth Ray