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? I can't be bothered to venture out into the garage to find out

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Tatey

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

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.