[SEL] rigging engine for lift

[Richard Strobel]

G'day Peter;
  So far I've had good luck with a channel thru the spokes and chain around 
the cylinder. Note the "U Bolt" securing the flwheel to the channel. See;

http://community.webshots.com/photo/48249342/48266488kAkjzn

Just lately we lifted a 1400 lb 4hp HC Horizontal Famous using the same 
setup with no problems.  Of course your F-M I believe is a little different 
setup but wouldn't this setup work?? Nice and simple and feel good about it.

  We are now thinking of fabricating a maintenance stand much like an engine 
stand so the main casting can be turned on two axis.  This would come in 
handy for disassembly/assembly, painting and such and will be a monster.

Take Care,
RickinMt.




> Does anyone have any . . . um . . . elegant solutions to rigging something
> like a 3hp F-M Z?  I've just finished making a truck for it and am tired 
> of
> my Rube Goldberg-and-baling-twine inventions that attach the engine to the
> chain falls.  Chains, rope, tow straps, under the cylinder, through the
> spokes, around crankcase--and never twice the same way.  I'm sick of it, I
> tell ya!  Would it have been so hard for them to cast some eyes into the
> top of the engine?  Thanks for any tips.