CorvAircraft> found engine; hauling the engine to my shop - tips?

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

Take a look at these: 
http://www.davemorris.com/PhotoViewer.cfm?Subdirectory=Dragonfly%20Corvair%20Transporting
There are 2 bolt holes you can use to attach a chain if you want, and 
the engine balances out in the middle.

Dave Morris

At 02:10 PM 4/25/2006, you wrote:
>Make sure you turn it at least two complete turns.
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>-- Craig
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: corvaircraft-bounces at mylist.net
>[mailto:corvaircraft-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Bruce McCaskey
>Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:18 PM
>To: corvaircraft at mylist.net
>Subject: CorvAircraft> found engine; hauling the engine to my shop - tips?
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>My plan is to pick it up with a cherry picker and place it in my Honda CRX
>hatchback (on carpet scraps over a plastic tarp and newspaper to catch
>drips).
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>   I know it will fit because I measured it.
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>   Where is safe to run the nylon strap around the engine? Do I need to rest
>it on an old tire or anything like that to pad the underside, or can the
>engine rest on the deck of the hatchback? I don't want to bend anything.
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>   The engine is missing the distributor and the cooling shroud on the
>underside but it has everything else.
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>   What's a fair price to offer, assuming it turns with the wrench? It's an
>RH code, taken from a car in a wrecking yard 20 years ago and sitting since
>then. I don't know if it turns with the 3/4" wrench yet because it's
>standing on end and I wanted to pick it up carefully and lay it down first.
>
>   Thanks!
>
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>                                                             Bruce
>   602 Pinyon Circle
>   Lochbuie, CO 80603
>   (303) 550 - 6383
>   http://flf.michaelyon-online.com/
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