"Calling Ice Bear, who may or may not be busy?" He says with a shrug. If they were fixing this in a shop and not an empty field, there'd be lifts and chains they could rig up for the job. He's not going to buy a lift for one job, though. And he doesn't know anybody who has one they could borrow.
"As long as I can get a good grip on it, I'll be able to hold it up long enough for you to get the four primary bolts into place. That will hold the engine back onto the frame stability enough for me to let it go and for you to take your time finishing the rest."
"Do you know which bolts I'm talking about?" He figures the kid does, but he's going to point them out anyway because this seems like the kind of thing you'd want to be sure of.
"I think a brief beer recess is in order before we take this on, though ..."
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Date: 2016-08-20 01:46 pm (UTC)"As long as I can get a good grip on it, I'll be able to hold it up long enough for you to get the four primary bolts into place. That will hold the engine back onto the frame stability enough for me to let it go and for you to take your time finishing the rest."
"Do you know which bolts I'm talking about?" He figures the kid does, but he's going to point them out anyway because this seems like the kind of thing you'd want to be sure of.
"I think a brief beer recess is in order before we take this on, though ..."