Krooser
Well-Known Member
Sooo.... today was the day I had some help from my step son and grandson.
I have a rolling steel bench that I built years ago that I use for assembly, mockup, welding etc.
Today I was going to set the 318 on it cradled in a wooden shipping cradle and set it on the bench just so it wpuld be easy to mount all the front accessories and also the flywheel and clutch plus the bellhousing and 4 speed.
I also need to fabricate a slave cylinder bracket for the juice clutch.
I was on the front end unbolting the engine from the engine stand it was mounted on. Done this a hundred times over the last 60 years.
We had a issue with the engine weight pulling the back of the cherry picker off the ground.
My son stepped on the picker to counter balance and BAM the bolts holding the picker boom mount sheared and the engine dropped to the ground!
A broken bolt whizzed past my great grandson's noggin... my son was tossed from the picker and the mighty Mopar dropped a few inches from my feet.
All those stacked washers were hidden under the bottom of the picker frame...if I had only turned that over I would have fixed that.
BTW that engine stand in the photo is one I built in the late 70's... never got the urge to paint it!
No injuries except to my ego.
Here we go to square one...
I have a rolling steel bench that I built years ago that I use for assembly, mockup, welding etc.
Today I was going to set the 318 on it cradled in a wooden shipping cradle and set it on the bench just so it wpuld be easy to mount all the front accessories and also the flywheel and clutch plus the bellhousing and 4 speed.
I also need to fabricate a slave cylinder bracket for the juice clutch.
I was on the front end unbolting the engine from the engine stand it was mounted on. Done this a hundred times over the last 60 years.
We had a issue with the engine weight pulling the back of the cherry picker off the ground.
My son stepped on the picker to counter balance and BAM the bolts holding the picker boom mount sheared and the engine dropped to the ground!
A broken bolt whizzed past my great grandson's noggin... my son was tossed from the picker and the mighty Mopar dropped a few inches from my feet.
All those stacked washers were hidden under the bottom of the picker frame...if I had only turned that over I would have fixed that.
BTW that engine stand in the photo is one I built in the late 70's... never got the urge to paint it!
No injuries except to my ego.
Here we go to square one...
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