Getting the motor and transmission raised, moved horizontally into the motor module frame, and set onto a shelf support. Doesn't SOUND hard, does it? It was.
The motor and transmission are just heavy enough that I can't move them around without jacks, rollers, etc. And they don't slide too well. So lifting one end, propping it up on a set of wooden blocks, then lifting the other end ... something shifts and it slides to the ground again.
The blocking that I can use is by necessity quite narrow, so that it is not in the way when you are maneuvering the motor module frame beneath it. An engine lift is quite likely in my near future. I THOUGHT I was pretty paranoid about not putting any part of me under an unsecured load ... but I've seen myself doing just that on video as I edit. So I'm NOT paranoid ENOUGH about that.
In this particular case, the engine lift would have alternated with supporting the system on blocks. The motor and transmission fit into the frame, not below it or above it.
When the axles get cut and the couplers get put on, so that the motor module can be switched out quickly ... THEN the whole thing can be dropped in from the top and this whole procedure will take only a few minutes. I can't wait!
I did eventually get the motor and transmission into the motor module frame, at what I think is about the right location. It's just sitting on wood for now. I'll build some brackets when I get confirmation of the location.
This is a bit of a review of the system, where parts will be going, how they will be supported.
http://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id...rer=watch&ns=1