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jbwthree 01-03-2022 12:47 PM
Engine Stand Adapter
 

Hello all and happy new year. Over the holidays, I picked up a spare engine. I tried to order an engine stand adapter but it looks like it is out of stock everywhere I looked. Does anyone know of any sources that might have these available ? Thanks in advance.


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BRENT in 10-uh-C 01-03-2022 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jbwthree (Post 2091338)
Hello all and happy new year. Over the holidays, I picked up a spare engine. I tried to order an engine stand adapter but it looks like it is out of stock everywhere I looked. Does anyone know of any sources that might have these available ? Thanks in advance.


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They have been out of production for several years now.

Funny that you should ask. We needed several in-house for our own use so we drew them up in CAD and made our own on our CNC plasma. We might look at making a few more in the next week or so if several others were interested in having one made.

Brentwood Bob 01-03-2022 02:38 PM
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That would be handy! I want one.

alexiskai 01-03-2022 02:41 PM
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Yo I also would be interested in that.

California Travieso 01-03-2022 03:42 PM
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I would like one as well.

David Serrano

denniskliesen 01-03-2022 03:57 PM
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Specialty Motors Cams show in stock $89. Aka Stipe. specialtymotorcams.com

jbwthree 01-03-2022 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by denniskliesen (Post 2091400)
Specialty Motors Cams show in stock $89. Aka Stipe. specialtymotorcams.com

Hello Dennis - I had already reached out to them and they aren’t really in stock, web site glitch. They said they’d have some by early summer though.


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jbwthree 01-03-2022 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C (Post 2091351)
They have been out of production for several years now.

Funny that you should ask. We needed several in-house for our own use so we drew them up in CAD and made our own on our CNC plasma. We might look at making a few more in the next week or so if several others were interested in having one made.

Hello Brent, I’d be interested too. Please send me a direct message with a price if you don’t wish to publish here. Thanks !


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Bob Bidonde 01-04-2022 08:57 AM
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An alternative technique is to mount an engine to a stand using the back of the block, so no adapter is necessary.

denis4x4 01-04-2022 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde (Post 2091599)
An alternative technique is to mount an engine to a stand using the back of the block, so no adapter is necessary.

I'm with Bob on this one.

alexiskai 01-04-2022 09:58 AM
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It depends what procedure you're doing. Can't remember offhand, but there's a calibration procedure when installing the flywheel that requires you to put the engine nose-down. That's why the original KRW engine stand mounted to the side.

Brentwood Bob 01-04-2022 12:27 PM
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Alexiskai: I have seen the nose down done from a rafter.

BRENT in 10-uh-C 01-04-2022 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Bidonde (Post 2091599)
An alternative technique is to mount an engine to a stand using the back of the block, so no adapter is necessary.
Kinda hard to check the runout on the Flywheel Housing, and to mount the Clutch & PP to the flywheel, isn't it?? I sure wouldn't want to assembly engines without a proper stand.

alexiskai 01-04-2022 02:37 PM
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Alexiskai: I have seen the nose down done from a rafter.
I've seen lots of things, doesn't make 'em good ideas.

Bruce of MN 01-04-2022 04:43 PM
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The thrifty (and we know who we are) make their own from angle iron.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/pictu...ictureid=44396

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Gene F 01-04-2022 05:39 PM
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Thanks Bob

redmodelt 01-04-2022 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C (Post 2091351)
They have been out of production for several years now.

Funny that you should ask. We needed several in-house for our own use so we drew them up in CAD and made our own on our CNC plasma. We might look at making a few more in the next week or so if several others were interested in having one made.

The ones they have been selling, should have been made so you can get a wrench on the cap nut easier and more room to turn the wrench. It is kinda tight to get in there.

denniskliesen 01-04-2022 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by redmodelt (Post 2091771)
The ones they have been selling, should have been made so you can get a wrench on the cap nut easier and more room to turn the wrench. It is kinda tight to get in there.
That is why I made my adapter. Heavier steel and adequate room for a torque wrench and socket in that middle main. Plus I have a larger engine stand that requires a bigger pipe.

Brentwood Bob 01-04-2022 09:01 PM
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Use a strong rafter.

alexiskai 01-04-2022 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by denniskliesen (Post 2091775)
I have a larger engine stand that requires a bigger pipe.
What diameter is the pipe on the common adapter?


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