Originally Posted by NorthernDiesel (Post 9773595)

Haha... good timing on this one.
I just mounted my 5.8L on my engine stand last night... the problem of the cherry picker and the engine stand base interfering is a big one. What can be done is the engine stand can be attached to the engine with the engine on the floor/truck bed, then the stand lifted by the pivot area where the weight of the engine is normally carried, until its high enough to swing the stand upright.

I also had to remove the flywheel to mount it. I don't think I'd run it on the stand though, the gassers are one thing but i know when I start my IDI the whole truck rocks around, you wouldn't want your engine stand going through that.

Originally Posted by ricker1979 (Post 9753634)

I don't know if your area has a Harbor Freight or not, but you might look there. The stuff there is cheap (good and bad), so you would definitely want to err on the side of caution. If you watch, they will put thier stuff on sale and they always have a 20% off coupon you can use too. I recently had to work on a 351 and had it mounted on thier medium duty stand (1000lbs rated) with no issues. I think thier heavy duty stand is rated for 2000lbs. They have an online store too.

Originally Posted by Tknomaj (Post 9786187)

I wish I had taken pictures of the heavy duty harbor freight engine stand. With a fully dressed 7.5 bolted to it and the head of the stand is bent and drooping is a UNDERSTATEMENT. If this was my engine I would buy a Quality stand OTC/LINCOLN

Originally Posted by charleswood6969 (Post 9786447)

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/m...-dsc00016.html

Here's mine.

Originally Posted by charleswood6969 (Post 9786470)