Engine Stand

[Tatey]

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.

Cheers

[HandyAndy]

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 :) .

cheers
andy

[Tatey]

Cheers for that Andy. Do you know if the cvh engine does? :D I can't be bothered to venture out into the garage to find out :p

[HandyAndy]

Cheers for that Andy. Do you know if the cvh engine does? :D I can't be bothered to venture out into the garage to find out :p

lazy bu@@er :D

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 :)

cheers
andy

[davidimurray]

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

Cheers

Dave

[flyerncle]

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.

[Tatey]

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.

[flyerncle]

Why not :p

Not too late though.

[Tatey]

I should be there around 5.15-5.30 if that's all right? If not i'll happily come on a different day.

[flyerncle]

You pain !:rolleyes:

What day earlier ?.

[Tatey]

You know me :p

What do you mean by what day earlier?

[flyerncle]

you are well named you tatey !!!!!:D
Earlier in the day/week you narna.:rolleyes:
And I am only there till 12 am Friday.

[Tatey]

I dont start uni until 11am tomorrow morning and i have 1 hour breaks at 12-1 and 3-4 if any of them are any good for you? If not it would need to be a day next week.

[flyerncle]

Idle git !:p tomorrow is fine see you then.:eek: