An engine crane is one of those "share between friends" tools, last one to use it gets to store it, a bit like a cement mixer! Sooo helpful when using them but a pain to store.

Progress update: 
 
Moved the car to the new house, parts ordering and some minor stripping of the engine before removal. Also been getting set up in the new place so I have somewhere to clean and build, missus wasn’t keen on me using the kitchen for this task.
 
Also been having a brake issue. Pistons seem to have seized but can hardly blame them after being sat idle for seven years! 

That gunk is nothing to worry about ! I had a pinto which came from a country owner, high miler and the only thing stopping it leaking was the gunk forming a layered skin between the seals and gaskets ! Another motor I pulled down was a 2.8i Cologne v6 and that was terrible, it was caked an inch thick in the sump, tappet covers , on the crank, looked like vegimite spread hehe

Engine out and safely in the back of the runaround. 


Bloody tough moving an engine crane around in sand!