drop oil pan

[steve 43]

If I drop my oil pan on my 43 by jacking up the tranny and swinging front axle out of way will the engine drop on me? Can the engine block be cantilevered out like that without snapping off?

 

[DGinVT]

It would be a good idea to put some blocking under the front end of the block. While it will most likely hold it puts a real strain on the rest of the bolts holding up the back top of the engine block.

 

[steve 43]

I do have a cherry picker...I wonder if there is any way I could use that?

 

[R Geiger]

(quoted from post at 00:07:54 06/04/14) I do have a cherry picker...I wonder if there is any way I could use that?

ure, use it to HELP support the front. I would use the cheery picker and blocks. Keep it safe. I used blocks and a chain hoist!

 

[gears]

If you grab the front of the motor with the cherrypicker from the side you'll still have room to roll the front end out before you lower the crank onto a jackstand (leaving the picker hooked up and under tension).

 

[R Geiger]

(quoted from post at 05:09:24 06/04/14) If you grab the front of the motor with the cherrypicker from the side you'll still have room to roll the front end out before you lower the crank onto a jackstand (leaving the picker hooked up and under tension).

You can't drop the crank out with the engine bolted to trans but you can service he bearings. remove pistons out the top.

 

[steve 43]

What did you grab at front of motor?

 

[R Geiger]

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In this one I just used a floor jack. I probably used ahead bolt but this shows you what you can do. Floor jack and wood blocks will work good.

 

[gears]

I meant to use the crank as the resting point to drop the pan, use the crank to support the nose of the chassis.

Or you could support the crank on both ends on jack stands and winch the rest of the tractor up :lol:

 

[Hobo,NC]

Yes,,, goat head and pull the engine put it on a engine stand are stand it on its end are roll it over Life will be good...

 

[HCooke]

That's how I would do it. Not much more to pulling
the engine after you have the front end off.

 

[NNP]

while jack stands and cherry pickers are always a good idea
supporting heavy things that are hanging out there...
I wouldn't worry about it taking the strain.
They designed that block as a frame member.

The pic posted, you could jack an assembled tractor up there until the front wheels were off the ground.....
working and hitting a rut hard with both front wheels......
tractor pulling and letting the front bounce hard enough to break an axle.....
engine still holds...
(or those dang haulers that unload a tri-cycle by pushing it off the trailer backwards with no center ramp for the front....bounce)

google 'tandem tractors' on youtube.
no front end at all on the lead one.........