it actully wouldnt have been that bad if we had a hoist though.lol.it was just getting the damn thing up high enough to mount the bolts that sucked

 

haha its true, but what ever works when your strapped for cash works, plus theres no cement at my house so even if i had a hoist it would suck, i def think the tree is good for more then 500+ pounds lol we had like 6 of us hold on to the rope first to make sure lol

 

yes sir lifts own all

 

shadetree mechanics own ALL!!!!

yea i wish i had cement at my spot as well. FAIL

 

hahah dirt mechanics FTW

 

true story

 

i do not have pics of my motor swap but I was just replacing my KA for another stock KA in my 1992 240.well two friends and I used a come-along and strapped it to the raftters in his garage.well every time we cranked on the come along the raftters would start to crack ,thank GOD it was a rental house.needless to say it left some serious tears in the wood.

 

haha hell yea it seems like everyones done a ghetto swap once in there life

 

When I 1st did I swap by myself for the 1st time, I didnt have any tools really and was only 15yrs old, So I just took the head and tranny off the shortblock and mounted the shortblock in the engine bay, then bolted \up the tranny then reinstalled the head, This way anything I had to lift was light enough to do so. I was sooo proud! I did it all by myself

 

Wow I am sooo glad when I first started doing swaps we had a garage and engine lifts lol...sounds like what you guys did was kinda fun but I'd rather do it the easy way.