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what is the tool you use to pick up an engine and hold it from a chain?

what is the tool you use to pick up an engine and hold it from a chain?

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Pulley Additional: In most garages I've ever been it is known as a Block Tackle or Pulley.
you use a pulley to raise and lower the engine sometimes called an engine hoist.
Well, the name of the whole tool is engine hoist. It does use pulleys and other primitive mechanisms within the whole tool.
You use an engine hoist to lift the engine. This can be a primitive as a rope / pulley setup on a tree, or as fancy as an electric hoist that is mounted on an I beam. The most common hoists use a hydraulic cylinder to lift an arm, which is connected to the chain on the motor.

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