Central FL M1031 project

Ugh..... I liked the eye bolt in the head stud hole idea mentioned above, until I saw what angles the eye bolts would be at.

I wouldn't think a headless engine would be heavy enough to crush a pan, especially if you used a 4"-6" wide strap, but can't say for sure.

Carc might be on to it, drop the pan and pump, (assuming the oil pump is lower than the bottom of the block), wrap a strap basket style and lift. Most effort, least likely to fail.

Either way, ugh.....

The critical part being to reassemble it out of the truck and install it complete on chains with the cherry picker, because I've no faith in the ability to stay on axis trying to lower the block back into the mounts wearing a diaper made out of a tow strap. There's no telling how the wraps will shift when they come under load. Even in the unlikely event that it was to line right back up, the straps could migrate into pinch points. An engine stand is a pretty important piece of the puzzle.

I believe I will use straps for removal. I have the engine stand. I have had it out before. Fun times ahead! Putting the assembled engine back in requires me to remove the front tires so the cherry picker can clear the radiator support.

Maybe you can save the trouble and just flat the tires?

Lol. This is how I did it before