Please forgive a newbie question, but...  What is the accepted technique for hoisting an L134 engine?  I really don't like the idea of using slings under it.

Thanks,

-Paul

I've got a piece of chain that I welded tabs on both ends and drilled them out to the head bolt/stud size. I then attach the chain to the head in the front right and left rear corners. Never used a leveler, the engine is light enough (without the trans attached) for me to maneuver it by hand. Taking the radiator out beforehand makes it much easier and leaves you with less of a chance of messing it up.

So just lifting by a couple of the head studs/nuts is enough?  Sounds easy enough.

Princess Auto seemed to be out of stock when I was there on Sunday, so I'll head back over later.  (Or it looks like Canadian Tire has one on sale this week, so I might go there instead...)

I don't need to worry about clearance.  The engine is the last piece of equipment remaining sitting above the height of the frame.  It only needs to go up a few inches to clear the frame rails.

So next question:  Anyone use one of those engine stands?  Do they just bolt on where the bell housing goes?

Thanks,

-Paul

That looks like a nice way of holding the engine!  Learning to weld is on my to-do list.  And I suspect it will get to the top of the list around the time I start trying to fit a repro tub to my frame...  (A local tech college has a 24 hour evening program on autobody MIG welding--I will probably sign up for the next session, in the fall.)

The stand I bought won't hold the engine with the flywheel attached, unfortunately.  Which means either not using it, or removing the flywheel.  I need to decide what work I'm going to be doing on the engine before I proceed.  I'll post a separate question about that, later.

Is the oil pan strong enough to support the weight of the engine if I sat it on the floor?  (Knowing that I would have to support to prevent it from tipping over, of course.)

-Paul

As Macrisel said, the flywheel comes of pretty easy but you should be able to put some spacers between the stand and the block if you wanted to leave the flywheel on.