Hoisting Engine Out without head Good Idea?

[bots]

Everythings disconnected and about to lift the engine and transmission out of the engine bay. And the head has been taken off so i figure just screw in a head bolt on each corner with the chain attached. so..... do you think those bolts will be strong enough?

[onosqv]

it will take another 5 minutes to put in the rest of the bolts, so why risk it?

[420sxse]

Use the old bolts, not the new ones.

Edit: Wait, are you talking about tying the chain to the BOLTS? I hope not. Use the old bolts to REATTACH THE HEAD for a few minutes and use the slingers like you are supposed to.

[bots]

Yep lol, well the thing is that I'm using a leveler so i cant really wrap the chain around the intake manifold. So, i have to bolt the chain on the side of the head? A friend and I were kinda thinking why not use thicker stronger head bolts instead of bolts on the side of the head.

[180fan]

if the head is off, you can still pull the lower half with the transmission attached if you run chains through the engine mount brackets.

[slipnfall]

...or the accessory bracket bolts... just keep the bracket installed w/all bolts so the force is on all of them, not just the one you attach the chain to.