I am getting ready to pull it, but don't want to have to go pick my buddies huge engine hoist, and have it in my garage for an extended period of time. I thought it might be easier to use a hand winch or come-along from the rafters. But I'm afraid the engine weight might be too much for the rafters.
This guy says that the AMC 258 weighs about a quarter ton:
Which sound about right if, for comparison, the last AMC I4 weighed a bit over 300 pounds with basic accessories.
Don't collapse your garage. Get the hoist, get a honkin' huge engine stand if you've got to work on the block. The 258 will bend a run-of-the-mill consumer-grade (as in "I'll spend under $100 and then never use it again") engine stand like it was made of butter -- this would be the voice of personal experience talkin' here. If you don't have to work on it, cobble up an engine cart out of scrap 2x4s and put 200#-rated castors under it, so you can wheel it out of the way and release your bud's hoist.
I have one you could have but the postage from Canada would probably be more than the cost of a crate motor!
-Brian
: > > My buddy said I can leave it outside while it's not in use. He probably : > > just wants it out of the garage since he's getting ready to move. Now I : > > just need an engine stand. : >
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