[6speedwagon]

I bought one of those lift plates that bolt on to the manifold , carb mounting holes.There was no max weight listed on it.Wuold i be able to lift a sbc 400 and t56 six speed in one shot?Is it too heavy for an aluminum manifold?

[70bird]

Personally, I'm skeptic about the manifold plate on at aluminum manifold. I used one on my 350 but it had the cast iron intake and I left the tranny in. I now have one of those engine load levelers that I bolt to the corner of the heads. I will never pull an engine any other way. Makes it an easy one person job and that's with a BBC and tranny. Now that I'm thinking about it I wouldn't even attempt to pull the engine and tranny with a manifold plate. As soon as the tranny comes off that crossmember it's going to put the assembly at about a 45 degree angle. You can get the engine load leveler at summit for about $65. I think I got mine at harbor freit for about half that. An equipment rental place may even have one.

[killerformula]

We just had a thread about this exact topic, here's the info you need!

Lift plate thread

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