2007 February 28: Assembly (0.50 hours)
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Mounted engine into frame. Here is how I did it:
- Laid a large old blanket on the garage floor to protect the frame.
- Place the engine on a 10 inch tall block of wood in the middle of the blanket. Padded the top of the engine (inside the
V
) with a thick towel. - Leaned the frame on top of the engine so that the top center channel of the frame was in the middle of the
V
. - Placed two 4 inch × 4 inch blocks of wood side by side on the floor between the two lower frame rails. I positioned them in such a manner that when the frame was tipped upright, the blocks would be between the rails.
- Straddling the rear part of the frame, I leaned over and picked up the engine. As I picked it up, my wife Angela tilted the frame upright and I set the engine down on top of the two 4 inch × 4 inch blocks of wood that were now between the frame rails.
- The advantage of this technique is that it is relatively easy to do and the physical requirements for the second person are not very demanding at all.
- The foam pipe insulation worked very well to protect the frame. However, it is way too thick for the lower frame rails. So, when I lifted the frame to insert the front engine bolt, I had to remove the foam insulation from the lower rails. This is where the shower curtain rod cover would have been great.