So it begins.
I started the swap on my truck yesterday and as I was stripping the top of the engine I realized that I have never installed a 6 cylinder engine in anything before. I have removed several, but never installed one. This got me to thinking about how to put a chain or sling on the engine to safely remove the old engine and install the new one. In the past I wasn't too concerned about the old engine since I wasn't planning to reuse it and the replacement was going to be a V8. V8's have plenty of places to fasten a chain or sling to.
The drivers side of a 235/261 is no problem but the passenger side has no large bolt holes near the front or rear of the engine. My solution was to build a fixture to bolt on where the intake and exhaust manifolds go. Like most of my projects it is probably overkill, but I enjoy doing them.
