Engine Stand - Is This Safe?
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Tuned
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Engine Stand - Is This Safe?
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I have an AC Delco engine stand that I thought would be ok to handle my engine, but at this angle, I'm worried about taking it completely off the hoist. Am I doing something wrong here or is this stand just not gonna cut it for the engine?
Any suggestions on the best way to stabilize this joker to service it with new gaskets would be much appreciated.
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Are you using the two top bolt holes?
I had a 460 on my cheap harbor freight engine stand and it never sagged that bad....however when I put a 6.9 idi diesel on there it sagged like that...a 300 shouldn't be heavy enough to sag that bad..
I had a 460 on my cheap harbor freight engine stand and it never sagged that bad....however when I put a 6.9 idi diesel on there it sagged like that...a 300 shouldn't be heavy enough to sag that bad..
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Tuned
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I could get one of the top bolt holes to work, but not both. The bars on the engine stand are long enough that I can't get them both aligned to the top bolt holes. So I could take one on the right and align it to the bolt hole on the left. But can't do both.
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Tuned
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How did I miss this?! Gonna go try that, right now. Thanks much.
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Worked like a charm! I'm gonna dig up a thread I had on here about sequence for replacing gaskets and get to work. Thanks a million for your help.
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