I thought I would post a picture of the lift loop being used as intended. I am sure many of you have wondered why it is called a lift loop? Very simple to grab the motor and lift, no need to bolt anything to it of course once the lift loop is in place.

This is a 455 with an M21 attached to it and it has perfect balance on the rear lift point.

 

Yea, just like the factory did it.

 

Hey! Where'd you get that?



- Eric

 

It came from a guy who was sponsored by Oldsmobile in the 60's and 70's he told me it was on one of engines that they sent him. It is the only one I have ever seen outside of a few pictures.

 

Makes sense. I was gonna say, those are factory-only, as far as I ever knew.

Cool!

- Eric

 

Is it Hollow tube(Pipe) or solid bar stock?

 

Chris Witt had one and posted photos here.

 

Be careful doing that. I make those things for a living (amongst other factory equipment) and there's a reason new ones don't look like that. Assuming that 50 year old steel straps, bolts, and bar stock is still at original strength is also a dicey thing.

It would suck to drop an engine, and it would REALLY suck to be underneath it when it happened.

If you must do that, a good trick is to lift just a little bit, and let it hang for a while and see if anything is starting to stretch or deform; this way, if it is going to let go, the engine will just drop a bit and no harm will be done. We load test our end effectors to at least 125% of intended load and measure deflection before and after a 15 minute hang at 125%.