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Old 4th November 2009, 07:13 AM
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I'm thinking about buying an engine stand now that i have the finances to buy one, but i have 1 question first.

Can you just put a block on an engine stand without the head etc? As all i am really wanting the stand for is to more easily clean/paint the engine and then aid in reassembly when i get to that stage.

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Old 4th November 2009, 07:31 AM
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engine stands are pretty universal in the way they hold an engine, they have a sliding bolt arrangement to allow different engines to fit on the stand so basically if you have 4 mounting points ( holes in the block ) to attach to then don,t see why it wouldn,t work, they certainly help when you start putting it back together .

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Old 4th November 2009, 07:32 AM
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Cheers for that Andy. Do you know if the cvh engine does? I can't be bothered to venture out into the garage to find out
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Cheers for that Andy. Do you know if the cvh engine does? I can't be bothered to venture out into the garage to find out
lazy bu@@er

erm yes it does, i used the bolt holes from where the bellhousing attaches to the engine block, it takes a little jiggery pokery to find the balance point but once done its a piece of cake

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Tatey - have a look in the pics in my signature and you will see how I've got my Pinto on an engine stand.

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Just bought one from Machine Mart for the garage £60 ish for the bigger one and as Andy say's just bolt through block holes,you may need some longer bolts.
pop in and have a look if you want.
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Old 4th November 2009, 05:49 PM
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Would i be able to come in tomorrow to have a look? Also.....would i be able to bring my head and crank down, as i gave the spark plug method a go last week but i didn't manage to get the retainers out, im guessing there is a nack to it? and i'm still having difficulties getting the camshaft pulley and crankshaft pulley's off.
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Why not

Not too late though.
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Old 4th November 2009, 05:57 PM
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I should be there around 5.15-5.30 if that's all right? If not i'll happily come on a different day.
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You pain !

What day earlier ?.
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