Install eng. chain hoist in garage ceiling ?

[tcrist]

With a chain hoist you can control the lowering rate more carefully especially as was mentioned to get an inexpensive engine hoist, controlling the rate of decent can be marginal. But then what do you do with the extra chain that hangs down? Now, as my garage has a sheetrocked roof I use a engine hoist with a engine leveler.

[undy]

With an "cherry picker" I pulled/reinstalled my 482, bellhousing and tranny myself in my Cobra, no problem. I wouldn't have been able to do it with a chain hoist. Short of rough tarmac or a dirt floor (maybe a Nebraska thing 'cept rusty... ))there is nothing good about using a chain hoist. I've jerked plenty of engines with both and I'll never use a chain hoist again. It's soooo 1950s.