Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
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Figured this would be a better place than "General"
I have an older engine stand that is sturdy and well built but is being occupied with another project, Looking into buying another but the local Northern and Harbor Freights pieces look like junk.
Every Stand on the websites look great, but pictures usually lie.
Can you recommend a good engine(build)stand that wont break the bank but is still a quality too?
thanks Henry
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: twayne24365]
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I have 3 engine stands.. 2 are HF ones and one I built.. the one I built I have had my diesel engine on.. the 2 HF ones both have SBs on them.. I do weld the HF ones and I put a drip tray under all of them(it sits on the stands)
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: JSR1485]
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I dont need the gear drive to turn over the engine but I do like the spacers on the arms.. I'm always looking for my 4 spacers(where the bolts attach the engine).. I have wanted to make some steel ones to weld on there but right now mine are alum
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: MoParFish]
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I have 4 engines on 4 different engine stands right now. The Blue Point (Snap-on) is very nice but my rotating engine stand from Summit is my favourite. If it opens up I immediately grab another engine to put on it. It takes me hours to clean a block for final assembly and I can rotate it to any position. Same with piston installation. Went you work alone like I do the value increases. I bought a cheap Advance Auto stand once when I needed one quickly and I won't even put an engine on it. I bought a transmission fixture from Summit and that's all I trust on it. I bought both with a 10% off coupon. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sum-908300ga/overview/http://www.summitracing.com/parts/otc-7118/overview/
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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I just purchased a new HF 1 ton capacity with the fold up leg's for ease of storage, pretty nice stand for the money and seems to be pretty well constructed, only thing I did was add a longer handle for more controll in turning the engine over, old one was way short.
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: modelmakerinc]
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I have 5 stands all in use all the time
Generic 2000# 4 wheel unit I use for diesels, BBs and smaller
Generic 3 wheel pice of junk I only use for V6s and 4 cyls
AC Delco 1000# 4 wheel on I shaped lower that is pretty nice, I will use it for an ocasional BB but mostly SBs
Central machine and an evercraft seem like the same things that I use for SBs and smaller. The both have the I shaped lower.
If your gonna do BB engines frequently get one with 4 wheels on 2 legs not the I shaped ones. My big 2 leg unit is real nice, it don't even flex when you set a fully dressed cummins on it and still rotates easy enough if you adjust it low enough center of gravity when you bolt it on. Some of my other stands it is hard to get them low enough you can still flip it upright with the heads on. The big one is no big deal and since it is more stable I can use a big cheater bar to flip it when it gets top heavy and not worry about the stand falling over.
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: modelmakerinc]
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01/09/16 10:29 PM
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I picked up a stand from Northern tool, looks to be decent but I had to do some changes.
I narrowed the front beam 3" to 24" and moved the fixed welded wheels to the front and I moved the front Casters to the rear, I drilled a through hole in the rotating head to have double shear on the pin and I added a clamping bolt to the hinge point to make the stand rigid when in use.
$120, plus a couple hours of labor.
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Re: Engine Builders, what stand do you use?
[Re: MoParFish]
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Seems like store bought stands are always too short and are getting flimsier as time goes on so, I finally built me one. Nice welds.
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