Huh. Weird. I know I did it, but I don't have any photos to prove it! I
could take a photo of the business end of the engine stand, for
comparison, I suppose...
Bud Krueger had this to say:
>A few weeks ago someone expressed difficulty in mating up an engine stand
>with
>an MGB engine. Some of us, myself included, pooh-poohed the problem. Mea
>Culpa.
>
> Last night I finally got around to trying to hook up my (recently
>pulled)
>77B engine to my engine stand that has served well for XPAG engines. I
>take it
>all back! The XPAG (TD) allows one to easily bolt the arms of the engine
>stand
>to the holes otherwise occupied by the bellhousing bolts. The casting in the
>back of the B engine doesn't provide room for the bolt heads that mount
>the arms
>to the stand.
>
> It took a number of trips to the Polaroid machine shop today to gather
>up a
>handful of parts and pieces to make the adaptation. If anyone has an
>image of
>how they bolted an MGB engine to a stand, I'd love to see it? TIA.
>
>--
>Bud Krueger
>http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
>52TD
>77MGB
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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