Re: 'cheapass' engine mount press

[drew <drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca>]

Last time I did this job I went digging under the workbench and came up
with a bearing cage from a corn dryer and one from the rockshaft on a CIH
1688 combine that worked perfectly in my vice (a relatively cheap 5" job.)
I had to get my neigbour (a really big guy) to stand on the vice while I
muscled it over with a 40" piece of square stock (vice isn't attached to a
work bench - probably because my workbench is the back of a 78 Chev
pickup)  I knew the mount was all the way in when the vice broke with a
loud snap. :)

A 20 ton press is about #3 on my list of shop tools to acquire, after a
drill press and a bottle kit for my wire feed welder.

Drew (84 Wolfsburg Edition Turbo Diesel Scirocco)


On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, John Erickson wrote:

> "Allyn"  wrote:
> 
> > and 4 ratchet extensions. use the extensions, 2 on each side, to space the
> > mount away from
> > the vice, so you dont break the rubber of the mount by pushing on the center
> > pin.
> 
> I use the handles on a pair of channel locks.  Works real well and a lot
> less hassle.  Spread them wide enough to clear the center and make contact
> at 4 points.  YMMV, but it worked for me (longtime shadetree guy that still
> doesn't have the right tools after 30 years of working on cars...).
> 
> John
> 
> '87 16v
> 
> 
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