EA82 Engine Dolly

[MR_Loyale]

I have my EA82 out of the car and on the engine crane hanging like a piece of meat. I have carefully collected all the potential environmentally hazardous fluids such as the oil and coolant and properly disposed of them at the appropriate facility. I have looked at all the engine leaks using UV techniques so that they may be remedied. Now I have to get the engine out back of my house so I can give it a good cleaning before I begin disassembling it. There are two ways from the front of my garage to the back yard - around the outside through the grass or directly through the garage and out the laundry room door. The grass is very deep and I know that those steel casters on the engine crane or the engine stand will probably dig in and it will be hell fighting it through the grass.

 

The other option is through the laundry room. This is ideal because it takes me onto a covered concrete pad under the deck. Unfortunately the engine stand is too wide to make the maneuver through this:

 

 

 

So of course I had to build myself a narrow dolly:

 

 

 

Nice and narrow with nice rolling rubber wheels to get through narrow doorways and over thresholds:

 

 

 

Pushes the EA82 along like fruit in a grocery cart:

 

Edited May 24, 2014 by MR_Loyale

[suprjohn]

I like it. I built something similar for a tractor engine. I welded this one up for my IH pickup engine. 

 

 

John

[jj421]

Post pictures when it's cleaned up. You already have the cleanest engine I've ever seen in person in these cars, and I can't imagine it any cleaner.

 

Also, if you're strong enough, you could probably pick up the engine by yourself. Helps if you take off the intake manifold, P/S pump, etc. I pulled my longblock with the help of some random lady on the sidewalk.

[MR_Loyale]

Post pictures when it's cleaned up. You already have the cleanest engine I've ever seen in person in these cars, and I can't imagine it any cleaner.

 

Also, if you're strong enough, you could probably pick up the engine by yourself. Helps if you take off the intake manifold, P/S pump, etc. I pulled my longblock with the help of some random lady on the sidewalk.

 

Ok, so I got to the degreasing prior to disassembly. Still tarnished but it will do for this purpose:

 

 

[Uberoo]

I like using cut down shopping carts.The base of a shopping cart is strong enough for even v8's...and it has a nice handle built right in.Just go to the store and "ask" for a cart with a bad wheel or something.

Edited May 26, 2014 by Uberoo

[elgigante]

a cut up grocery shopping cart works wonders.

[MR_Loyale]

a cut up grocery shopping cart works wonders.

 

True. Plus if I am ever homeless I got somewhere to haul my belongings!

 

But this thing was made from scraps. Actually the plywood was at first being used laying across the legs of the engine crane. I just grabbed it and some 4x4 leftover stubs and said "why not?".  

[elgigante]

True. Plus if I am ever homeless I got somewhere to haul my belongings!

 

But this thing was made from scraps. Actually the plywood was at first being used laying across the legs of the engine crane. I just grabbed it and some 4x4 leftover stubs and said "why not?".  

heck yea! if it works, cant complain. plus that looks like an easy setup

[jj421]

Ok, so I got to the degreasing prior to disassembly. Still tarnished but it will do for this purpose:

 

 

 

Wow, that thing looks brand new. Next time I pull my engine, wanna clean it for me?

[stratman977]

An old truck tire works good for sitting the engine down on the dolly.

[MR_Loyale]

This also nicely cuddles a manual transmission as well.