You MUST double click this to see it large, then go slowly around with your eyes, and you’ll understand not how risky, but how truly dangerous (and stupid) this was. I wouldn’t use this rig to change a set of wiper blades, much less an engine and trans.
We’ve all occasionally Rube Goldberg’d a few things to make them work or to do something we didn’t quite have the skills or tools to pull off, but this sets a new record. Oy.
Maybe this type of crap should become a whole new blogpost category. Or my next book.