Message text written by Douglas Shook
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As we speak, I have the engine out of my TR6, dangling
from the hoist and tentatively bolted into an engine
stand. Here lies my question -- in the past, I always
have done engines on benches. I am trying to get more
enlightened in my old age and bought a 1,000 lb engine
stand -- nothing fancy.
There are four adjustable arms on the pivot plate of
the engine stand, each with a bolt hole. I put 5/16"
(head size) bolts through them into the transmission
mounts, but they only thread in about 3/8" (these are
the bolt holes at the back of the engine where the
transmission attaches, and the threaded hole is quite
shallow).
Here is my fear -- it looks to me like the 400 lb
engine will be placing a lot of stress on those shallow
bolt holes. I guess what I am asking is how do you
attach an engine to one of these engine stands? Am I
approaching this right or am I off base here?
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The TR6 has an adapter plate for mounting to the transmission. I would use
the clear holes in this plate with bolts and nuts to mount the engine. I
would not use the tapped holes in the block to support the engine unless I
could fabricate something to use more that just two (eg: use the
transmission adapter plate).
That's what I would do.
Dave
71 TR6
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