Lifting GMC 270 Engine from CCKW
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:23 pm
Hi guys,
for one of my scale modelling projects I am wondering how engines were lifted from a CCKW during WW2.
I read in the TM 9-801 that the engine should be pulled out with an engine sling "41-S-3832-7". Unfortunaly I can't find any pictures of this sling on the web.
On some pictures I have seen I can only guess, that there are some kind of loops on the engine block for lifting, but this seems to differ from engine to engine.
So the big question at the moment to me is : How does the lifting equipment look like and how was it connected to the engine block ?
Thanks a lot in advance !
Bye, Dirk
for one of my scale modelling projects I am wondering how engines were lifted from a CCKW during WW2.
I read in the TM 9-801 that the engine should be pulled out with an engine sling "41-S-3832-7". Unfortunaly I can't find any pictures of this sling on the web.
On some pictures I have seen I can only guess, that there are some kind of loops on the engine block for lifting, but this seems to differ from engine to engine.
So the big question at the moment to me is : How does the lifting equipment look like and how was it connected to the engine block ?
Thanks a lot in advance !
Bye, Dirk