Douglas Shook [mailto:shook@usc.edu] wrote:
>
> There are four adjustable arms on the pivot plate of
> the engine stand, each with a bolt hole. I put 5/16"
> (head size) bolts through them into the transmission
> mounts, but they only thread in about 3/8" (these are
> the bolt holes at the back of the engine where the
> transmission attaches, and the threaded hole is quite
> shallow).
Those bolts/holes sound kind of small. Aren't there any
larger holes? How about the holes for the starter? Are
the holes that you are using meant for mounting dirt
shields instead of the actual transmission? I would
expect that the bolts should 3/8 to 1/2 inch diameter
bolts (not head size) and should screw into the block
at least an inch, if not all the way thru on the out
side edges...
One problem mounting engines to stands is often finding
bolts long enough to reach thru the arms (especially
for metric bolts), another is to get enough spacing
between the engine stand and the block to mount the
flywheel. For my Elan's engine, I had to make
adapters - 2 x 3 inch rectangular tubing cut into
about 2 inch slices. A hole drilled into each end.
One end bolts to the engine with short bolts, the
other end to the arms.
Tim Mullen
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