3. motor hanging 4 feet up in the air, about to be lowered into place.

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   tom jennings (tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 09:31:18 JST tom jennings

   The rebuild of the motor for my 1960 Rambler complete, time to install.

   This was the fastest and easiest install I've ever done. Hardly complete, but the engine minus head, accessories, wiring etc in on about 90 calm minutes. It's a notoriously tight fit, at the factory the unibody was laid over the driveline.

   Sans head it's an easier fit, using a trolley they allows tilting, like foot into shoe.

   No heroic lifting, just a dozen iterative operations. The tricky part is inserting the pin of the transmission torque converter into it's close-fit hole in the crankshaft, inaccessible, the engine, 500 lbs of cast iron dangling on the hoist. Worked up some tl;dr tricks that made it easy, no-force event.

   Tomorrow I'll pop the head on and get it ready for initial startup probably Friday.