Engine weight

[wehey]

Hiya all
I am thinking about getting a 1.3 engine to fit into my Micra. I plan to strip it and clean it etc over the winter.

I don't have an engine hoist and will need to move it about and get it into the back garden to work on.
How much do they weigh approx and are the manhandle able?

 

[frank]

i never use a hoist wehey, you will need the front bumper off tho, and i use a wheelbarrow to shift it round the back garden

 

[wehey]

Thanks Frank. Are you able to lift it off the ground and into the barrow single handed?

How do you lift it over the lower cross member or do you jack the car up real high and slide it under?

 

[frank]

i usually tip the wheelbarrow on its side mate, then tilt it back up, and just jack the sump up a bit then slide it over the crossmember (shafts and starter motor in situ)

 

[Skinner_87]

If I carnt borrow a hoist a long bar and a good bit of rope with me and my dad either end isn't too much of a struggle

 

[wehey]

What do you recon the weight is.....80kg approx ?

 

[Skinner_87]

What do you recon the weight is.....80kg approx ?

Something like that, maybe 100 is closer

 

[karlj]

CG engine..... 60kg if that

 

[h701micra]

A GA engine is 70kg. Looking more 40 for a cg I'd of thought

 

[McMicra]

Took me and a mate to lift it out of the back of my car into my garage and that was a struggle :L

 

[frank]

Took me and a mate to lift it out of the back of my car into my garage and that was a struggle :L

pfft

an early 1.0 g/box is 35kg iirc, a CG would be 2 x that surely ?

 

[McMicra]

CG13 somewhere around 80kg without flywheel I think

One we picked up had fly wheel dizzy alternator everything on it :L

 

[r-reg-sr]

i left oil mani x2 and all else still on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,crane

 

[Skinner_87]

I'm stronger than I thought then lol

 

[h701micra]

I'm stronger than I thought then lol

Same here... I know about 80kg and I'll struggle... but a cg seems super light :/

 

[Skinner_87]

Same here... I know about 80kg and I'll struggle... but a cg seems super light :/

My CGA and crank are in a box in the garage il weigh them in a bit as I'm a bit curious, like u say they are light

 

[MicrAde]

pfft

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Photoshop lol


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[frank]

Photoshop lol


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stani,s mate was the 1st one to post a similar pic ade , i forget his username to search for it tho

 

[MicrAde]

stani,s mate was the 1st one to post a similar pic ade , i forget his username to search it tho

Just playing frank Unfortunately there was no one there to photograph/video when I carried mine 30 yards from car to house

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[Skinner_87]

A few numbers:

Sump. 3kg
Pistons etc. 11kg
Bloc. 18kg
Crank. 10kg
Cylinder head. 13kg
Cams. 4kg
Valves etc. 2kg
Inlet & tbh. ?
Flywheel. ?

Not sure on the last two but that's 61 @Karl u wernt far off fella

 

[h701micra]

Interesting

 

[McMicra]

stani,s mate was the 1st one to post a similar pic ade , i forget his username to search for it tho

Shero? @frank

Only know the name because I bumped into him when I'v been out tearing up the local woods on the dirt jump bike :L

 

[frank]

Shero? @frank

Only know the name because I bumped into him when I'v been out tearing up the local woods on the dirt jump bike :L

it was mikey 6 and 1/2 foot brick sh##house (but mine had the f/w fitted tho )
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/mikeys-micra.36160/

 

[JoeK11]

Either way they're not heavy lugged mine from the car, into the house and upstairs into my room with the flywheel still on by myself. Even complete assembly with ancillaries, gearbox and lower crossmember is only a 2 man job tried and tested .
Though I thought the cg was nearer 50kg until now

 

[skymera]

I thought mine was heavy. But then again I think lugging Henry hoover up the stairs is heavy.

 

[h701micra]

I thought mine was heavy. But then again I think lugging Henry hoover up the stairs is heavy.

Henry hoover is heavy