Gravel driveway engine install

[tjet]

Just thought I post a few photos of what I did today. I finally installed this used 2.2 wxb I bought from Surfy Murfy about a year ago (who is a very cool dude). I used a cherry picker I got from AZ a coupe of years ago. One 4x8 sheet of plywood under the engine/trans, & two 2x4 sheets under the AZ ramps. I also had a couple of 2by2's that I used to set the engine on the legs of the crane. I rolled it under & re-grabbed the chain. A little wiggling & I got it in. The 2x2's also come in handy to leverage the engine in when mating it to the trans.

My biggest problem was the heat. In the 90's & the humidity around 80%

I'm done with bolting it up. Tomorrow I'll hook it all up & hopefully off to cape cod for a week tomorrow night.

[Vanagon Nut]

Thanks for the reminder in one of your pics.
I need to buy or make wheel ramps.
I just moved to a place with gravel/dirt floor.
Nice work. Hope it runs great!
Neil.
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[tjet]

Thanks. Regarding those ramps, they will fail on a gravel driveway (crack & break). You must put some wood under them. HF sells the metal ones, but they were all out, so I settled for the AZ plastic ones.

[Vanagon Nut]

^^

thanks. Yes for sure. I see what you mean. I likely would've put them on
plywood as you did. They might also shift once loaded up.

I have some spare lumber so will likely make wood ramps.
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1988 Westy DIY 50º ABA

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[tjet]

Here's the video. I also bought the Rhino Max version.


Link

[Zeitgeist 13]

I just made this little gantry stanchion today, from an old DVD rack I got for free from the local Habitat for Humanity store. I'm getting ready to install my ALH in the driveway (sloped concrete).

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'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
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[hans j]

I took out my T181 Thing engine in my parents gravel driveway almost twenty years ago. It sucked and I promised myself to never do it again! Then I got a job as a mechanic and now I have a hoist in my office!
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[IdahoDoug]

Congrats! You got yours in before I did. Mine is ready to install sitting on the floor and I'm headed to Michigan for two weeks. Wah.

So what's the vacuum thing between the dizzy and the crankcase breather tower?
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[djkeev]

Looks like a mechanical fuel pump! (We all have the cover plate there)

Interesting........ It's clearly fuel injected.

Dave
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[tjet]

[Zeitgeist 13]

I pulled my WBX with a shop crane, but need the gantry in order to be able to crawl around under the engine while mocking up/welding the crossbar
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'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Bman]

doing the same thing out here, ramps and my neighbors gravel driveway. I automatically placed the ramps on plywood, but good to know they are unsafe on just the gravel.
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[Jeffrey Lee]

[KristianS]

Wow that video was recorded with a potato.

OP, looks great!

[tjet]

[Vanagon Nut]

[Zeitgeist 13]

Fancy...ha ha! Actually, those 2x4 engine lift examples are what got me to thinking I could use this thing in a similar manner, with some minor mods. All I did was cut out about 2' of the uprights and then weld the top back to the tube base. I'm thinking about using the part of the rolling base with casters that I cut off the tube structure as a cradle to roll the engine up under the van. Re-purposing is fun for the whole family
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'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[tjet]

I didn't get it done last night. I lost that little barrel nut that secures the throttle cable in the TB . Thank god I had an extra TB with that special cable nut & the pinch bolt still on it. I should be on the road in a few hrs for Cape Cod if all goes well. My wife & kid got there a few days ago - we rented a beach cottage.

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One more thing, I noticed this new engine has the high oil pressure switch port capped off. Can I just hook up the low press switch & ground out the wire that goes to the high switch?

[Sodo]

I'm working on plywood too. Level ramp for the van slightly raised has been a big help. A pair of 4x10 - 10ft would do well. Cost ~ $40 each new (?) possibly can be scrounged by some folks. Or 2X10s doubled.

This has been a great addition to my work area and was pretty easy. My boards are 2.25" x 10" doug fir (11 ft long). I've since added stops at the rears so it can't roll off the board. Someone might conclude that I'me geared up for spending too much time under the van....

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