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That $45 harbor freight engine hoist paid for itself after one transmission swap
Picked it up on sale two years ago and after pulling the 4L60E out of my 02 Silverado in the driveway last weekend, the cheap welds held fine and I saved at least $500 in shop labor, anyone else trust the cheap lift gear or am I living on borrowed time?
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evan1511d ago
Bought one of those $45 hoists myself and used it to yank a blown 5.3 out of my old Tahoe in the rain. It creaked like a haunted house floor but the motor came right out without killing me, so I count that as a win. I figure as long as I don't try lifting a Hemi with a cast iron block, the thing's got one or two more swaps left in it before the welds give up on life. Probably gonna buy a backup just in case, though.
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tessa_roberts11d ago
@evan151 sounds like you got your money's worth out of that thing before it gives up.
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