<VV> Re: Fw: Corvair Engine Stand

[tom zimmermann]

another reason to use a diff case is for a fly/PP guard,PG has openings to see it spin,and will support the bellhsg properly,not just the 2 lower holes by the y-pipe ...I hacked a Torq converter to use,has only the outer 'dish' including ring gear,6 holes thru center for 1/2" socket clearance..may flex too much,unless I shim/ weld the drive plate solid,easier than using a whole clutch...the 4-hole idea for a stand would work ok for an assembly stand,tho,on a spit,1/2" bolts would fit nice with stripped-out nuts for spacers..//

BBRT <chsadek at adelphia.net> wrote:       Good Pint about the holes. Figured I could raise it  up, mount the case-no, no cracked diff cases, or a plate mating to an engine  stand and slide it into the engine stand-perhaps mounted to the work bench  with support legs like you mention. Or at least a tubular receptacle that a tube  fits into so the whole mess can be rotated.. Guess the gas will run out of the  carbs... ;>)))
    ----- Original Message ----- 
   From:    tom    zimmermann 
   To: BBRT 
   Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 8:24  PM
   Subject: Re: Fw: Corvair Engine    Stand
   

---I'd first was going to use    those 4 holes,too,but they're too close to the oilpan,which on these engines    may need to come off...spacing a starter to the bellhsg has been    done,T.Nasman, po of my Corsa, does it that way,but you can't beat using the    diff case;you likely have a cracked one,right?rather than work low and rotate    it,just make it higher,,even securing the diff end to the wall and using    square tubing horizontal,to tie the rear legs to the wall,down 1/2 way or    so,like a hitch tongue is pinned to reciever...

BBRT    <chsadek at adelphia.net> wrote:   
What      do you think about this?


>>
>> Originally I was      going to do something like you others did; pretty 
>> similar. Then      someone told me about using the lower case flanges that 
>> have      the big holes in them and using a tapered but threaded pins and 
>>      bolting it down, and supporting the engine by those big holes instead of      
>> by the bellhousing. I can cut up a diff case to give me a      flange for the 
>> starter. I thought of using the diff or part of      it with a center tube and 
>> mount it like a regular engine stand      so I could rotate it a bit to work 
>> on it better. Maybe a 30      degrees because it would have carbs on it. Even 
>> if I used part      of a diff case I could also support it by those flanges 
>> and      they are not in the way of headers. I also have a exhaust cross over      
>> from one side to the other under the diff, so I have to account      for that. 
>> The additional features I want to have are a control      panel mounted 
>> somewhere with tach, oil pressure gage, and      switches for starter control 
>> and a throttle with indexed      positions like the old choke cables which you 
>> could set a      various detents. I would use quick disconnect oil lines to an 
>>      oil cooler as there is none on the engine. Of course I need whatever to      
>> run it like coil and points or another MSD box. And a battery,      fuel tank 
>> elec pump > (no mech. pump on engine) of      course..It gets complicated. 
>> Furthermore, I am > toying with      Innovate and have an old O'scope which 
>> may or may not work, so      I > could make sure everything was happening 
>> right, before I      put it in the car.
>>
>> The next step was to think about      making it fold up as space is a premium.
>>
>> Now I am      thinking of using an ATV lift, (no rotation) with supporting 
>>      frame between the lift and the mentioned flanges. This way, I could get      
>> double duty out of an ATV lift, lower it to put it in the car;      raise it 
>> to work on it. Matter of fact, if I get really clever,      I could easily 
>> transfer it from a portable work bench to the      ATV lift... I am thinking 
>> of having removable support legs that      would provide stability while on a 
>> raised ATV lift. The rest of      the stuff, would be on a roll around cart. 
>> The control panel      would be built to fasten to the frame that goes on the 
>> ATV      lift.
>>
>> What do you think about      that?
>>
>> Chuck
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