Engine Hoist

[dylanp2001]

Does the harbor freight 2 ton engine hoist (cherry picker) got the height to lift motor and transmission assembly together from 2001 3.0 ford ranger has anybody used it and lifted the whole assembly.
Also could you lift the engine transmission assembly together with a MANUAL chain hoist using an A FRAME setup

 

[Angie]

i have not used the hoist in question, however, if you choke the chain low enough i don't see why it won't work (leave a bit of play of coarse for swinging about). fully extended and lowest point.... grab a tape measure and do some back of napkin calculations. I am sure it can be mathematically figured out. cheers

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Yes.
Yes.
Make sure it's the 2 ton, not the 1 ton.

 

[fastpakr]

Yes. Worked for the 3.0/4R44 and for a 5.0/4R70W in an Explorer too...

 

[Roert42]

I prefer the chain hoist to the cherry picker, takes up less room when not being used. Remember, you'll have to roll the car out from under the engine instead of the other way around. Works better that way if you have to work on a rough surface.

 

[19Walt93]

I have a 3000 lb Sunex engine hoist from Summit and it's done everything I've asked of it. It strained a little with a 390, though.

 

[Shran]

I used the 1 ton cherry picker from HF for quite a while and it worked great. It was a bit limited in reach, and that was my only real complaint. I have a 2 ton AC Delco one now that is similar to the HF 2 ton and it works much better for trucks.

 

[pjtoledo]

my long arm 2 ton has plenty of lift. goes up to about 9'

lifting the engine with transmission attached would be a challenge because the engine bay is short.
the assembly would have to be almost vertical.

I had to re-rig this a couple times because the intake & bar hit the firewall.

hanging from the chain hoist has advantages. the engine drops straight down and I was able to lower it while laying on my back under the truck.
easy to move in very small increments too.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I used an air over hydraulic jack on mine, and extended the air line control to about 15 feet. I can control the hoist from under the vehicle which makes things easier if I need to push things a bit to clear.

 

[Josh B]

my long arm 2 ton has plenty of lift. goes up to about 9'

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lifting the engine with transmission attached would be a challenge because the engine bay is short.
the assembly would have to be almost vertical.

I had to re-rig this a couple times because the intake & bar hit the firewall.

hanging from the chain hoist has advantages. the engine drops straight down and I was able to lower it while laying on my back under the truck.
easy to move in very small increments too.

What lift chains are you using on that top photo? Is that just 2 regular lengths of chain with bolts ?

 

[fastpakr]

my long arm 2 ton has plenty of lift. goes up to about 9'

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lifting the engine with transmission attached would be a challenge because the engine bay is short.
the assembly would have to be almost vertical.

I had to re-rig this a couple times because the intake & bar hit the firewall.

hanging from the chain hoist has advantages. the engine drops straight down and I was able to lower it while laying on my back under the truck.
easy to move in very small increments too.

Yeah - point of clarification regarding the HF jack and my experience with it. With the transmission attached (on the 3.0 combo to an extent, but particularly with the 5.0/4R70W) it's an extremely tight pull. If memory serves, I removed the 5.0's tall upper intake, and still left some permanent scars on the core support along the way.

 

[pjtoledo]

What lift chains are you using on that top photo? Is that just 2 regular lengths of chain with bolts ?

2 24" chains bolted to the heads
that was pulling the 3.0 out.
second pic is putting a 3.0 back in.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I've never had things go smoothly using a cherry picker.

That adjuster thingy (forgot the name) hangin off the picker in PJ's pics is very helpful, I was gonna suggest get one if you are gonna use the HF picker.

 

[Shran]

I used an air over hydraulic jack on mine, and extended the air line control to about 15 feet. I can control the hoist from under the vehicle which makes things easier if I need to push things a bit to clear.

I put one of those on my cherry picker too. And on my shop press... huge upgrade.

 

[fastpakr]

I've never had things go smoothly using a cherry picker.

That adjuster thingy (forgot the name) hangin off the picker in PJ's pics is very helpful, I was gonna suggest get one if you are gonna use the HF picker.

Load leveler. And +1 to it's usefulness. Honestly I'd just put it on the 'required' list of components to any engine lifting setup.