Now I'm thinking about just hanging the engine with a homemade hoist a la Danno, Ribs, and as Perry suggested. Problem is, I'm missing the engine hoist bracket that's supposed to be at the back of the cam cover.

Can someone give me the part number? I'm hoping my local P-dealership will have it as I want to work on my car this weekend.

Also, what's the process for putting that thing on the car? If I take the rear cam cover off, will oil start to leak? Does it go directly over the gasket? And how difficult is it to remove those bolts back there?

Thanks for all the help.

 

We just used some 1" wide nylon straps (I think it was) and wrapped it around the front and rear intake runners. Still was able to move it around easily, seemed to be more balanced too. Didn't have any adverse effects that I can tell of, runs like a dream.