I work on semis for a living, it's instinct at this point to just let it fall. It dented the oil filter and oil pan. I swapped them out and the engine is currently in my dad's truck, runs clean and strong. Little drop didn't phase it at all
I feel like I'm having a mild heart attack when I have an engine up like that. My old school junkyard friend pointed out how he used to use his wrecker for pulling engines. It's one of the reasons I can't wait to get mine going, I'd use the bucket of my tractor but tractor hydraulics aren't super smooth and the dynamic of how the bucket and lift move is too funky for straight up movement, and windshields are expensive.I always think when pulling engines on cars, if this lift piston fails while sliding it over the front, this engine is going to take out the front of this car.
Nero I am sure your heart sank as you saw it going over. Hopefully the wise part of you tried briefly to stop it, then realized your not Superman and let it go so as not to get hurt.
I might take a tranny out the front, but not transfer cace and tranny. Those definitely are coming out the bottom.when my truck was stock height i pulled hood bolts and rotated back and with a harbor freight picker could get over the core support with just the motor. when lifted i pulled the core support. I still think it is easier to seperate in the truck and build a plate to bolt to floor jack for tranny transfer case.
Plus most of the tractors I’ve worked with have an “auto lowering feature” (leaky hydraulics)I feel like I'm having a mild heart attack when I have an engine up like that. My old school junkyard friend pointed out how he used to use his wrecker for pulling engines. It's one of the reasons I can't wait to get mine going, I'd use the bucket of my tractor but tractor hydraulics aren't super smooth and the dynamic of how the bucket and lift move is too funky for straight up movement, and windshields are expensive.
Believe it or not, my '74 international doesn't leak down noticeably. It held a whole cow(@1000lbs) up all day just a few months ago.Plus most of the tractors I’ve worked with have an “auto lowering feature” (leaky hydraulics)
The old Massey backhoe I had was the poster child for hydraulic leaks.....all the seals were shot, so the buckets would drop down pretty quick even while running at operating rpm. It would still lift 3k with ease though, and that little Perkins never quit. They don't make 'em like that anymore..Believe it or not, my '74 international doesn't leak down noticeably. It held a whole cow(@1000lbs) up all day just a few months ago.
I had a Massey 165 with a loader, it's loader was good. But I've done so much to this international that it better not leak down!The old Massey backhoe I had was the poster child for hydraulic leaks.....all the seals were shot, so the buckets would drop down pretty quick even while running at operating rpm. It would still lift 3k with ease though, and that little Perkins never quit. They don't make 'em like that anymore..
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I'm an IH guy, always ran them, but still have a soft spot for a Massey. There good tractors. Mine was a 203, which was the industrial version of the 135.I had a Massey 165 with a loader, it's loader was good. But I've done so much to this international that it better not leak down!