[TR] Engine stand

[Paul Tegler]

I seem to remember years back a couple gentleman cutting up a Healey 6 
cyl block to make casts for an aluminum block build for a race car. 
IIRC... the oem was something in the order of 700 lbs. The aluminum one 
came in around half (or less) of that.�� So in my view, ANY engine is 
fine on these stands if it can handle a 700 lbs healey block sticking so 
far our 4's and 6's are just fine!

...think mine came from Pep Boys on sale... (two wheel up front version)

ptegler


On 10/24/2018 8:59 AM, Reihing, Randall S. wrote:
> I purchased an engine stand from Harbor Freight, mounted our Ford 
> van's V6 engine on it and used that setup to disassemble, rebuild and 
> reassemble the entire engine. No issues. Even though the V6 has a cast 
> steel block with aluminum heads and aluminum intake manifold, it is 
> still a lot of weight and I had zero issues with the engine stand. 
> Very stable and easy to roll around. Now planning to use the same 
> stand to rebuild the TR3's engine.
>
> Sincerely,
> Randall Reihing
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> *From:* Triumphs [triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] on behalf of DAVID 
> MASSEY [dave1massey at cs.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 24, 2018 7:48 AM
> *To:* mark at bradakis.com; triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] Engine stand
>
> I was at a friend's house last night and he had an Austin Healey 
> engine on one of these stands.� Even the TR6 engine is but a mere wisp 
> compared to one of these lumps of cast iron.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> To: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 24, 2018 1:05 am
> Subject: Re: [TR] Engine stand
>
> You are being paranoid.� Many years ago when I did my first engine I did
> the math on the load capacity of the 4 bolts. You'll be fine, unless
> you have one of those extremely rare engines that weighs 20,000 pounds.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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