Engine Stand Horror

[beandip]

Man pancho, that sounds significantly worse than my experience. The worst part that happened to me was the oil clean up. We have un painted garage floors how ever many gallons of engine oil plus thre tranny oil was a horrible clean up, like a hundred rags were thrown away, all day scrubbing with paint thinner and degreaser , and then a hefty rinse. Actually it cleaned up better than I thought. Anyways I got my new 1000 lbs engine stand with 4 legs, non of that 3 leg garbage.

Be sure to use hardened steel bolts. I used 9.5 hardness and I have the same stand. the bolts are 10mm X 1.5 and I used 3 1/2'' long with washers so the bolts wont bottom out in the block. A good cleanup of the stain on the floor is Gunk Engine Brite Foam , used to clean engines . just spray it on and scrub with a broom if you want , then hose it off. Cleans the dropings on the drive way and around the Bar B Q as well . Gary

[Bambikiller240]

I roll mine around the garage with an engine on it frequently. Even rolled it down the driveway (carefully, as it can still tip, though it's MUCH less prone to do that) to the car I was going to install the engine into.

[240Zdragon72]

Yes. I have been moving the stand around my carport with the fully assembled turbo engine on it. I think until you get your hand out of the cast, try not to move it at certin angles. Sometimes I have to pick-up on the backend to get it in those tight areas. Good luck, and get well soon.

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http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=14116&sort=1&cat=500&page=1

Just a few pics of the stand and engine

[beandip]

You still need to be careful when rolling it around with a engine hanging on it. Especially when you are turning . Some times the casters under load find it hard to turn and can stick and if you continue to push to the side you can tip it over . the same if you have cracks in the concrete floor. Phred makes a adapter that mounts to the side of the block insted of on the bellhousing. I dont own one but they are sure nice since it leaves both ends free and accessable. These inline engines do make the stand less stable .

[cremmenga]

Just think of it happening for a reason, , maybe if you hadn't done that and engine hadn't fallen and you got it put back in the car one day eariler, maybe on that one day ealier you might have taken it out on a test drive and blew up the engine, wrecked the car, ect. I always think that god must be giving me a shitty day for a reason! Best of luck my freind!

[AChev]

Well I guess I could look at it that way. Anyways, I have my new stand all assembled, and the engine is on it nice and sturdy, and I drained the oil (what small small amount that was left) I don't know why I did not do it earlier. You guys have made my disaster slightly better, because I am already back where I was this morning. Thanks all

[Bambikiller240]

When in doubt..........blame it on God :stupid:

[AChev]

yea, he's always out to get me

[Corganx33]

Kitty litter works great at absorbing oil off of concrete floors, keep a couple bags around in yoru shop for those spills. much easier to sweep up than those messy rags too....

[Marty Rogan]

Schevets,

Definitely use hardened bolts like Beandip said. I bought a 4 legged stand, but I still did not like the way it sat bolted up to the tranny bolt holes. It felt very tippy. I removed the alternator suport brackets and was able to bolt the stand to the side of the engine. It was much more stable and I was able to roll it around easily. You definitely need to go slowly and watch for pebbles and floor cracks when wheeling it around.

Good luck!

Marty

[LanceM]

I've been using a 3 wheel stand for 20+ years, one of these days I'll modify it to 4 but till then.... Anyway when rolling these stands always push from the front of the engine and steer from the rear, that way if you hit something with the single wheel you won't be doing the nose dive with all of the engine weight out front. That dosen't sound very clear, what I mean is push the stand with the single wheel trailing instead of leading, you will not have the tipping problems.

[AChev]

Although, when my stand fell over I was pulling the engine stand with the one wheel trailing, the wheel was pivoted towards me when I started, all the sudden it did 180 degree pivot while I was trying to pull it and it forced the weight of the engine to shift and well you know the rest