442Fred

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.

don71

Yea, just like the factory did it.

MDchanic

Hey! Where'd you get that?



- Eric

442Fred

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.

MDchanic

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

Cool!

- Eric

68442

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

joe_padavano

Chris Witt had one and posted photos here.

Koda

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%.