Model T engine/transmission hoist

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kim Dobbins on Thursday, January 03, 2013 - 06:31 pm:

Ive never liked setting the gap on a model T transmission because of lifting the tran on and off. I found this hoist for sale on ebay for $170.00 delivered to my door. The rest of the steel to set it in the ground it a steel sleeve cost $80. So the total for the whole thing was about $250.00. The hoist has a 1000 lb limit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary Gregory on Thursday, January 03, 2013 - 06:50 pm:

Very nice !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By joe bell on Thursday, January 03, 2013 - 07:52 pm:

That is candy to the eyes, seeing the early magnets, I bet not everyone caught that one!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 06:49 am:

That post needs hub adapters so you can do tire installation on it.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenny Edmondson, Indianapolis on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 06:59 am:

I got tired of lifting the trans assemblies also. I started setting the gap with just the flywheel assy. and input shaft. I mark all the parts after getting things set and once the trans is assembled, I line the marks back up on everything and bolt it back to the crank.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 08:47 am:

You wouldn't need that crane that will be in the way 99.9% of the time if you got rid of the magnets and all the extra weight in the flywheel... :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kim Dobbins on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 11:28 am:

Ralph, the crane is easily removable, and if i got rid of the magnets and extra weight on the flywheel, then i would have a model T. Why not just buy a pinto?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 11:46 am:

"..then i would have a model T.."


See "Model T in Speed and Sport" and "Model T Speed Secrets."

Unrestored Original
Factory Fresh (restored)
Better than factory fresh (over restored)
Aftermarket in T era
Modified per T era
Later safety add-ons
etc.

all have a place in the hobby, I believe.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Friday, January 04, 2013 - 11:47 am:

Kim I have a neighbor in exactly the same situation as yourself. He'll probably retire when he can't fit into the shop anymore! I recently sold a 1940's Walker-Turner band saw he desperately wanted. He just couldn't jockey the stuff around enough to fit it in.


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