Another engine stand for storage

[BobT-47P15]

There was a thread in the past week or so regarding what sort of engine

stand would not take up a lot of space, for storage in the garage.

Several versions were presented.

I don't recall what thread it was, so I'll just start this new one.

This stand was made by the owner of the motor now in the convert.

He just left it with the motor when he delivered it.

Now sitting on it is a 50 Dodge engine I took out of the convert.

He basically welded up some square tubing and some angle and added

wheels. Pretty simple.

Maybe after I retire I can have a little educational fun and try to

rebuild the Dodge motor.

This motor just sits in a fairly small space, and is buried by a bunch of stuff I sit in front

of it. Had to dig it out so took these pics.

[Norm's Coupe]

Bob,

This is another way to make a stand. This stand is simply 4 pieces of angle iron bolted to the engine, no cross supports on the stand. After this picture was taken we added a flat square piece of steel to each leg, then put caster wheels on each leg.

Several years ago I also had Dodge 230 engine that I had picked up locally. The guy I got that from left it on his makeshift stand. That was even easier to make. He simply used a two wheel hand truck, (type that will convert to a four wheel when laid down) to bolt the engine to.

Guess when it comes down to it, you can probably make a stand from just about anything you have laying around. May not look pretty, but you can always make it work for you.

[48Chrashler]

Thanks Bob,

That was me and there were many wood and Iron suggestions. The Chrashler engine comes out this week.

This is a great forum.

[grey beard]

Youse guys are talking about engine stands but your pics show engine STORAGE stands, like junk yards use to keep 'em from falling over. In my opinion, a real engine stand will rotate 360 degrees AND roll around on the floor.

Since our flatties are just a scotch heavier than SBC bellybutton motors that most gearheads use stands for, don't even think about Horrible Freight's cheapie - especially if your block measures 25-inches in length. Their better model just makes the grade, but hangs down a tad in front. Better engine stands for lareger motors typically have a support at each end, and require a hoist to get timing accessoies/crank pulleys, etc. off. Once taught school where we had Cummins diesel units on stands that rotated upward 90- degrees for access to the crank via a worm gear drive - quite heavy duty and nice to work with for engine overhaul.

IMHO a good engine overhaul stand will not likely store in a compact space.

[BobT-47P15]

Dave, I believe the original question was about what sort of stand to store

an engine in limited space in one's garage. Something to that effect.

You're right.......the ones shown were just storage items with wheels to

move them around. You'd be hard put to work on the underside of the

engine sitting on my little stand. A nice rotating larger stand is the

ticket when actually doing work.

[40phil41]

Not to deflect the thread, but this is what I finally obtained to work on my 1964 Tempest 326 ci engine. Very sturdy 2,000 Lb. capacity. However, I also intend on building a storage stand for that spare 1940 Dodge D14 engine which I haven't found yet :-)

Phil

[knuckleharley]

Guys,it may not be elegant,but the solution I came up with for storage engines is just to use either the little furniture moving stands that are made of wood with carpet padding and wheels (just bought a couple at Harbor Junk for $15 each),or the wheel dollies sold to move cars around in a shop. Either solution is less than 20 bucks,and you have a hard time buying the wheels for that,never mind the scrap steel to make the ones seen on this thread.

Most of the wooden furniture moving stands are rated at 500 lbs,but some are heavier. Or you can make the lighter ones hold more weight by just using some scrap angle iron with holes drilled through it and bolt it to the wooden frame.

Of course,the steel car dollies hold more weight,and you can usually buy 4 of them for around 60 bucks when they are on sale. The even have a recess for the oil pan.

I currently have a hemi-DeSoto sitting on one,and roll it around easily.

No muss,no fuss,no bother or waste of time. Sit the engine on it and roll it out of the way.

If there are any questions,I will post a couple of photos tomorrow.

[Tony WestOZ]

Here`s a couple pics of one of my engine stands. I made this because I could not find a stand suitable for the 6 cyl diesels I use to work on.

I used steel from an old engine crane.

The head has 16 different positions and is hight adjustable with the use of a small bottle jack.

Has a drip tray for catching oil, dirt when stripping motor.

Also wheels are adjustable to give a stable platform and can be adjusted to fit neatly in between the legs of an engine crane.

Went to take a pic of my engine storage trollys but there is to much other stuff in the way.

[plymouth49]

Find a junk shopping cart. Whack the basket and voila, a free rolling engine stand.

[Frank Elder]

Just don't get the one with a square wheel..lol!

[plymouth49]

Just don't get the one with a square wheel..lol!

That would provide a parking feature.

[Frank Elder]

Roll thud roll thud oh my hernia! Rollll thud, Whew! Now it's out of the way, Honey, do we have any health insurance?

Looking good, wish I had a cart too.

[55 Fargo]

Not to deflect the thread, but this is what I finally obtained to work on my 1964 Tempest 326 ci engine. Very sturdy 2,000 Lb. capacity. However, I also intend on building a storage stand for that spare 1940 Dodge D14 engine which I haven't found yet :-)

Phil

Phil, even the light duty stand in the back ground could be reinforced by welding some square tube steel onto it as to make it a lot stronger.

The new stand is nice, is it a Princess Auto unit..........Fred

[40phil41]

Phil, even the light duty stand in the back ground could be reinforced by welding some square tube steel onto it as to make it a lot stronger.

The new stand is nice, is it a Princess Auto unit..........Fred

Hi Fred,

Yes, the new stand came from princess auto. There was just too much modifying involved to give me confidence with the old stand when working on my V8 engine. The new stand is great.

Phil

[plymouth49]

Personally, I don't like the idea of cantilevering the weight of a l-o-n-g, heavy cast iron engine on a modern, conventional engine stand. Especially motors like ours that have the block bellhousing bolts arranged in a small circle.

By the time the crank and rods and pistons are in, and the head is on, you see how it reacts to the attachment and it is very scary.

In these circumstance I use a piece of 2x6 bored to accept the crank snout at the front of the engine. You can still rotate the engine but at least all of the weight is not hanging off those little bellhousing bolts.

Period engine stands grabbed the motor in the middle, and when you think about it this makes great sense. It was probably the rise of relatively short and light V8 engines like the SBC that gave rise to the types of engine stands we see today.

[PatS....]

Not to deflect the thread, but this is what I finally obtained to work on my 1964 Tempest 326 ci engine. Very sturdy 2,000 Lb. capacity. However, I also intend on building a storage stand for that spare 1940 Dodge D14 engine which I haven't found yet :-)

Phil

I also have this identical unit from Princess Auto, bought on sale for $69. My 25 inch complete long block has been hanging from it for over a year. At first I propped a 2X6 under the pulley, but haven't bothered for a very long time.

Had a bit of head-scratching to get the thing bolted up to the stand and it's a b!tch to rotate by myself, but all in all, it's a good unit.