Electric Engine Lift


Author: Dave
Date: 06.15.13 - 12:41pm



This is a quick post on a project I have been tinkering with this week.

A manual engine lift takes an annoying amount of pumps to get into a usable position or lift a load. I recently scored an electric hydraulic power pack off of a used van wheel chair lift and thought it would be fun to use in a project. Incidentally I also ended up breaking my engine lift jack at the exact same time, which lead to this project.






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On 12.18.14 - 7:11am dave wrote:
I have found that this lifts a little bit faster I would like in some situations. also the stops and starts can be jerky especially with heavy loads. this can imparts much more stress on the machine frame which I am not a fan of. There are adjustable hydraulic flow control valves I can put in line to help with this. I am also researching the possibility of adding a variable speed PWM DC motor control to the supply line to maybe control it that way. Some pwm controllers also support ramp in/out features which should give really nice smooth starts. They can also have RC input modes. also I think I will be adding a little bit more 1/4in plate to embrace the column where the lower amount is to get some extra weld surface area. As protonhead1mention its probably a good idea. At the time of building I had to use the 3/8 plate and didnt want to use any more than necessary, butting up some 1/4 to it though to brace back into the column will be perfect though.

 
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