2003z Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Aside from a chip on the valve cover, and scrapes on the oil pan, it doesn't look like I hurt anything. Apparently, when I lowered the legs on the cherry picker, I accidentally put on of the down lock pins back in the uplock hole on accident. Don't know how I had a brain fart like that. Hooked up the engine, had it lightly supported and unbolted the engine stand and WHAMMO, the whole thing crashed over on its side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I dropped the first L6 I built. Luckly my leg broke the fall and the only thing that broke was the spark plug that broke off in my inner thigh. It pulled right out. I hope your motor is OK. Let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 the header took the brunt of the fall, but it deflected but didn't bend permanently, I think. Its about 1/4" from the block at the bottom, and it took a chip out of the powdercoat on the block, but that and a couple of scratches in the ceramic coat plus the valve cover seem to be the only damage. At least the carb and intake didn't hit anything, nor the distributor. It was all pretty too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Damn Mike, I am sorry to hear that. Are you going to take everything off again and recoat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.I.jonas Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I dropped my landcruiser engine from about 5 feet in the air while pushing the engine crane at about 5 miles an hour:bonk:It snagged on a rock and threw the engine as if it were on a trebuchet,hit hard enough to bounce and skit about 2 feet lol.All in all was ok though somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Damn Mike, I am sorry to hear that. Are you going to take everything off again and recoat?just going to redo the valve cover. everything else is pretty much not going to be visible anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 I dropped my landcruiser engine from about 5 feet in the air while pushing the engine crane at about 5 miles an hour:bonk:It snagged on a rock and threw the engine as if it were on a trebuchet,hit hard enough to bounce and skit about 2 feet lol.All in all was ok though somehow. Good to know it survived! Mine should be fine then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 The color choice really does pop out with the engine all together! And it perfectly matches the car! Hope to see it in a few weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchrd989 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 When i pulled my old L24 we set the block in a wheel barrow, I was pushing the wheelbarrow to our scrap pile behind our garage and while my dad was supposed to be spotting me he decided to talk about somthing insted, i lost control of the barrow and one of the points of the block on the transmission mating side hit landed on my foot before anything else! somehow i didnt break my foot! thank god for being younge and loving milk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 280ZForce Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 oh no, that's horrible Mike! Good thing it was only some minor beautification damage. Touch er up and get that "dropped" in the bay before you drop it somewhere else again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Nifty looking intake manifold and carb. What are they? Looks like a Holley, but I don't remember seeing an intake like that before. Looks good! Fortunate nothing was damaged very badly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24OZ Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Sorry to hear, but thank god you seem to have got away with it, can you imagine if you dropped it on the car!! Awesome engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I know it must be a heart wrenching feeling Mike! We have ALL done bone head things...cars do that to us..! Trust me the motor is fine...L6 = Tough as nails. Engine is looking great! Is that Dave's intake (AZC?). Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I know it must be a heart wrenching feeling Mike! We have ALL done bone head things...cars do that to us..! Trust me the motor is fine...L6 = Tough as nails. Engine is looking great! Is that Dave's intake (AZC?). Yasin http://www.arizonazcar.com/manifold.html Looks like it. Wonder how the cylinders 1 and 6 do, seems they would be running a bit lean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 Arizona Z car intake and Holley 390. I finally got it back in the car today!!!!!! 280 5spd, Fidanza flywheel, Nissan Motorsports domed pistons, MSA stage 2 cam and KTM's old Crane XR700. Still have to: Install the clutch slave cylinder Re-install the dash (Prev. Owner. cut the heater hoses when the core started leaking, I fixed that) Wire up the XR-700 and coil Plumb the fuel and PCV lines, and I think its about done! (then I have to recoat the valve cover, every thing else if fine from the drop.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I am incredibly jealous. I am still a ways away from dropping my engine into the car. It looks and sounds like it's coming along very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 I am incredibly jealous. I am still a ways away from dropping my engine into the car. It looks and sounds like it's coming along very nicely. see my other post, things not going too well at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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