When I pulled my engine, I took the head off first and then lowered the block onto a dolly underneath the car. I used an engine hoist to get the block back into the car using a chain and some new grade-8 bolts.

When I dropped off my block for rebuilding, the machinist used a sturdy chain and some grade-8 bolts tightened down by hand. The bolts went into the sides of the block. When I asked about it, he claimed thats how they lift all of them, just use the right bolts. This is where I got the idea.

Good luck with your car.

Does anyone have a good picture of these brackets for the 240Z? I have boxes of Z parts in the garage and may be able to find a set or two if I know what they look like. Did the engines come with the brackets mounted from the factory? I seem to recall that my first 240Z (1972) had them originally, but they got discarded probably when I did my first valve adjustment back around '73. (...or I could be remembering the brackets on one of my old Jeeps? They say that the memory is the first thing to go.)