Keeping my car a roller with engine out.

[Richard48Y]

I am trying to avoid removing the wheels or body for as long as possible.
Do want to get the engine apart PDQ for inspection.

[lotusfanatic]

Simply reinstall the transaxle, lower links and the half shafts. Support the transaxle with a 2x4 on the frame with a coat hanger. No need to fabricate anything and keeps the transaxle out of the way. I used this method to roll the car onto the trailer with the engine and tranny removed from the car.

That's the easiest solution that I've seen yet! 
(a spare transaxle would be useful if you were rebuilding the original)

Mark

[Dilkris]

Grumblebuns - what is that attached to the top of the rear crossmember? (ie: That normally inverted press steel U section welded between the 2 shock mounts). It looks like a section of channel bolted to the top.   

[Grumblebuns]

That U channel was a PO installed item. I did not ask the PO about it but it looks like a bottom support for the luggage box.

 

[GavinT]

Back in the dim dark ages, I saw a pic of someone who used a long piece of plastic plumbing tube which fully contained the half shafts all the way to the uprights.
The tube kept the uprights apart.

He then used two pieces of rope -  tying each upright to the opposite top damper mount.
It was a little wobbly but OK for pushing the car around the shop.
I can't remember what he did with the lower links.

[Richard48Y]

I think I've refined the design down to ultimate simplicity.
An attachment cradle for the lower arms, welded to a tube which carries two shorter tubes which rotate independently on the axle stubs.
Now the trick is to be able to make all the tubes without use of a boring bar to keep cost at minimum.
Probably a couple of months before I have time to make this.