Engine hoists — frequently referred to as cherry pickers — are supremely useful tools for motor swaps, rebuilds, and various other jobs. They allow us to connect a crane to a car's engine and, using a ...

An engine hoist isn’t a tool you’ll use every day, but it’s absolutely irreplaceable when your project car commands one. I mean, you can opt to try and lift the thing yourself but trust me, that’s no ...

Chris Bennett is one lucky wrencher after dropping a Toyota engine right on his knee, barely avoiding a major leg artery. As a result, I’m here to remind you that if you’re going to remove or install ...

There will come a time in your gearhead life when you will need to pull the engine out of your truck. There is an essential tool you will need to do this and it's called an engine hoist or cherry ...

Here's a simple way to save a few bucks. An engine lift plate not only makes it really easy to remove an engine from a car, but you can leave it bolted to the intake while the engine is in storage, ...

Idioms abound. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and while that may be true, being a cheap bastard also sometimes helps you build stuff inexpensively that might just work(?) As a ...

Even if the engine in your car runs poorly, the thought of taking it completely apart for a rebuild can be frightening. After all, it is running; and since you've never tackled such a major job before ...