Using an engine stand - is it ok?

[randall977]

Today I was hoping to mount my engine on a Sealey engine stand. You have to mount it via four gearbox housing bolt holes - this put a huge force on the casting but how elese can it be done - is this going to be okay? Thanks

 

[scotty]

Today I was hoping to mount my engine on a Sealey engine stand. You have to mount it via four gearbox housing bolt holes - this put a huge force on the casting but how elese can it be done - is this going to be okay? Thanks

 

 

Well I have had a TR6 engine on one and no damage was caused . Unless you get it really well balanced though , they are not easy to use in regards turning the engine over .

[randall977]

So 4 gearbox mounting holes is adequate then... Thanks for the assurance!

[Alec Pringle]

I've used the same model of stand for 2 litre slant 4 and 3.5 V8 engines, works a treat . . .

 

Cheers,

 

Alec

[Ian Vincent]

I've got my TR3a engine hanging on one at the moment and it seems to be OK although I didn't like the idea of it hanging on four itsy bitsy gearbox studs holes with the top two in tension so I drilled a piece of pressed channel which was about 4" x 1" and about 1/8" thick which I happened to have in the garage so that it fitted across the top 4 mounting holes and I then bolted that to the upper holes in the stand.

 

It is a b*gg*er to turn over so I made sure that the rotating part was well greased.

 

That said it works a treat and I would hate to try and rebuild a TR engine without a stand - they are just too heavy.

 

Rgds Ian

[randall977]

Thanks for the replies - yes it is a heavy engine!

[RogerH]

Heavy aint the half of it.

Today I (along with my son and the seller) moved two TR4A engines 50 yards down a muddy back alley and into a tail lift transit.

To make life easier we got the engines onto a trolley and using 2 off 4' x 2' x 1/2" ply we run the engines down the alley on the ply - moving the rear to the front and on and on.....

This was unbelievably back breaking for all three of us.

 

Roger

[randall977]

My dad and I used a hoist to get the engine out, a pickup to get it to the workshop and a wheelbarrow with a pallet on top to get it from the pickup into the workshop...it actually worked suprisingly well using the wheelbarrow!

[Nick Webster]

I hung the engine from my grey Fergie on one, which as my newly arrived TR Action points out has a deal heavier casting for the block than a standard TR 4 pot.

 

Nick

[bograt]

i have a tr6 engine on one at the moment , try to useas big a bolts as possible . oh ! and you cant leave the fly wheel on.

gary

Edited February 27, 2010 by bograt

[john.r.davies]

I use a spare engine backplate. See pic.

Strain taken by all the normal bolts, though of course the front of the engine is unsupported.

Any bend that develops in the plate doesn't matter - I'll use it for nothing else, and I've painted it red to remind me!

 

A detail that may not apply to TR4 engines - I've enlarged the centre hole to give access to the rear crank oil seal housing, that would inaccessible with the normal plate in place.

 

JOhn

[harrytr5]

What a good idea John.Must remember to do that the next time.

Regards Harry TR5 Nutter