Re: TR6 motor on engine stand

[Michael Ferguson <fergie@ntplx.net>]

A cherry picker? For a Spit engine?! Can't you just hold those things under one
arm while you do the rebuild?  8^)

Sorry, I just couldn't pass on this one. I'm now sitting in the corner with my
Nomex ON.

Tom Ambrose wrote:

> Eric wrote:
>
> "My problem, and I'm curious whether others have had this same problem, was
> finding a way to get all four engine stand connecting arms to align well
> enough to bolt it together.  It must have taken me an hour just to find a
> combination that aligned."
>
> What I did to match my tiny Spit engine and huge American stand was take the
> arms to a
> guy in the neighborhood so he could drill four additional holes to reduce
> the radius of the arms.
>
> I also think that I used some bushings so the bolts would fit the arms. I
> then used a cherry picker
> to lift the engine and bolted the stand to it while the engine was in the
> air. I let the engine and stand down very slowly.
>
> Tom



--
Michael Ferguson
1959 TR3A     TS53990L