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Anyone (besides

) have experience with this? Going to do the motor mounts à la Fried Chicken and methinks this looks like a good improvement (if not supplement) vs the typical "block of wood under the tranny pan" method.

I have the M113 and the (rare but oh-so-lovely) ABC in my car.

 

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Thanks all. RE the ramps vs. jackastands debate, I find that the ramps are safer than teeter-tottering the car to get it on four jack stands. I’ve done the latter, but unless maximum ground clearance is required, I typically just use ramps. Same thing with wheels on vs off...if car falls, it lands on tires instead of brake rotors. It’s all about risk mitigation.

Based on the comments herein, I think I will stick with the jack-under-the-pan method. It seems tried and true, and I have little/no experience rigging an engine for lift-by-bracket (I have a habit of avoiding cars that need engine-out work ? ).

 

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Never buy a parachute from Harbor Freight.


I have some of their stuff, some of it is OK, some of it is bad to the point of being dangerous. The question to ask yourself is this - "If this fails, will I get hurt?" If the answer is yes, buy somewhere else for a little more money because hospital bills are really, really expensive.

I have a 4 by 8 folding trailer from them, great value even though the hardware isn't metric, English or Whitworth. (Ever see a 16.5mm socket? Me neither.)

I have a cherry picker engine hoist from them, it works, but I am very careful not to put myself or anything I care about under it.

I have a motorcycle lift which almost guillotined my hand during assembly - they don't warn you about it. Be careful.

I also have a large box of now useless cordless drills with bad batteries. The batteries aren't warrantied even though the drill is, and after a year of so, you'll hear "that style is discontinued and unavailable".

Would I trust my life to a set of Harbor Freight ramps or jack stands? No, I don't think so.


Best Regards,

Mike/Florida

The drill and batteries ?...got at least one of those and batteries clogging my cabinet. Then I actually had to do work and got a DeWalt.

 

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Well, I used the Mercedes motor mount tool and Fried Chicken’s Harbor Freight t-handled extended socket wrench, but passed on the Harbor Freight engine support. A block of melamine/fiberboard and my hydraulic jack lifted the engine just fine via the oil pan.