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Originally posted by AznVirus
where the hell do you guys get the tools to do it?  well i understand Luke would have one cause hes a shop owner, but P10DET you have a motor lifter (rack)?
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I have an engine hoist on semi-permanent loan from one of the Houston SERCA folks. He bought it to swap and engine in another car of his and never used it. I've used it 3x and about to use it again in a month or two.
None the less, hoists are not that expensive. They can be had for less than $200. I've sure gotten my money out of this one. :silly2:
As for other tools, I have a compressor and air tools, but I hardly used them at all on the swap. And my first two swaps were done strictly with hand tools.
I don't have a car lift and don't need one. I just use a 3 ton floor jack and a pair of jack stands to get the front of the car up high enough to slid the engine underneath. It's actually easier than it sounds and sure beats trying to do it from the top.
Back to tools, I've been wrenching on my own cars since before many of you were alive. I bought my first socket set 22 years ago and was wrenching on my cars before that using my father's tools. Twenty-two years is a long time to be collecting tools. Also, I used to race karts, and there is no quicker way to accumulate tools than to go racing.
