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 BrisDubba
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| posted on March 5th, 2006 at 08:29 PM |
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Anyone made an engine stand to run motor
Heh all,
I already have a nice engine stand to build a motor but I was thinking it would be good to now make a stand of sorts for the completed motor, one so I
could have the motor running before going to trouble of putting it in the car.
I have the starter and the bellhousing- oh and yes I have the motors...
I envisage that it would be advantageous to have the motor secure and still be able to access the valves, and take on/pull off exhausts- am thinking
of incorporating a tacho and adapt a lawn mower style throttle on a control panel.
Does anyone have anything similar ? Or can these be readily purchased somewhere already, so I am not reinventing the wheel.
Any suggestions appreciated..
Peter
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| posted on March 5th, 2006 at 08:35 PM |
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How often do you reckon you'd use it?
just as easy to bolt the bellhousing to the motor on the floor and run it that way
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| posted on March 5th, 2006 at 08:47 PM |
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I bought a $55 engine stand (super cheap special) which is rated for 450kg, then bolted the bellhousing from a kombi gearbox to it.
Used it today for running my type 4 motor !!
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| posted on March 5th, 2006 at 09:13 PM |
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Yeah I made one using the bellhousing from a 1800 kombi box, allows access to everything whilst running in/tuning engine. My mate's 2110 is currently
on it (and has been run on it successfully many times). Depending on how quickly you are after one, that one could probably be had for a carton of
stella/corona in the next month or so as the 2110 will be going into his KG - can't say for sure but it could be a possibility. U2U me if you are
interested - I'll have to check his time-lines. If not I'll see if he can take a couple of pics of how it is set up.
Cheers
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| posted on March 5th, 2006 at 09:47 PM |
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Ignorance
Pardon my ignorance, but if it is for a Type 1 motor would the kombi bellhousing fit and it it does, would the Type 1 starter motor fit the kombi
bellhousing ??
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| posted on March 5th, 2006 at 10:03 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by BrisDubba
Pardon my ignorance, but if it is for a Type 1 motor would the kombi bellhousing fit and it it does, would the Type 1 starter motor fit the kombi
bellhousing ??
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Yes and yes.Made a stand a while back and had ignition switch/oil temp and pressure guage,taco etc installed on it so everything could be
monitored.Beats putting in and out of a car all the time!!!
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| posted on March 6th, 2006 at 06:16 AM |
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I usea 20 Liter steel tin or even sit the engine on the floor.... no need for a fance stand they dont move around at all.
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| posted on March 6th, 2006 at 06:21 AM |
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I just ran mine on the floor, with a few bits of wood and some cardboard...
are you likely to crack or damage the crankcase by running the engine with it only connected to the bell housing... sounds like alot of load for those
4 bolts...
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| posted on March 6th, 2006 at 07:20 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 76camper
are you likely to crack or damage the crankcase by running the engine with it only connected to the bell housing... sounds like alot of load for those
4 bolts...
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With the exception of the type IV engine that does utilise the rear engine hanger/support, the type I engine is only ever supported by the four bolts
when in the beetle so no, no chance of damaging the crankcase running it on the stand.
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| posted on March 6th, 2006 at 04:45 PM |
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yer i just built my engine on a keg haha
76 baywindow kombi - V8 & Weddle racing diff and gearbox
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| posted on March 6th, 2006 at 09:27 PM |
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A milk crate works well too.
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