Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:14:18 -0800
Reply-To: Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Engine Stand [was Re: Re: Sears Cycle Jack reduced to $69]
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Zolton and everyone else,
Thanks for the response. In the picture below, are you saying that
the "U" that bolts onto the Vanagon engine housing fits onto the stand
bracket?
Or, are you saying that you've got a spare transaxle housing that
you've somehow mounted onto those four arms on the stand?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=4420
Having no experience with engine stands, I don't really understand how
to use those four arms.
My
-- Craig
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:00:35 -0800, Zoltan <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote:
> The one I got is from Harbout Freight. Free shipping. Online order. There
> is a heavy duty one too. I also use a Vanagon bell housing that is first
> fitted to the engine stand and only after did I fit the engin on that. Had
> to drill a few holes in the plate for it, but this way it is a perfect fit.
> Zoltan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Oda" <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:50 AM
> Subject: Re: Sears Cycle Jack reduced to $69
>
> > Kragen has one on sale now in the SFBay area for $49.95 pre-tax. Not
> > sure if it's any good.
> >
> > What I really want is a better engine stand. I got an engine stand
> > from CIP1 for $99.95 and it tends to fall over all the time. This is
> > a "T" type of 2" square tubing. The weight of the engine in the rear
> > seems to push the base of the stand to the left or right. I would
> > prefer a four-wheel or point engine stand base. I want to mount the
> > entire engine with exhaust/muffler on the stand for ease of assembly.
> > Any suggestions on where to buy such a stand?
> >
> > Right now, I've added significant bracing to the base of my engine
> > stand with 1.5" x 4" wood pieces, metal bolt-on braces, and two 1.5"
> > diameter wheels. Right now, it's holding okay, but the wood has some
> > flex due to compression of the wood and I want something that is solid
> > as a rock. I've heard people put the "U" part of the VW engine
> > bracket (the piece that bolts onto the drive plate bell housing) onto
> > another engine stand. I went to Kragen and they only have something
> > that looks about the same level of el cheapo base that I got.
> >
> > Any advice, thoughts?
> >
> > -- Craig
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:41:01 -0500, Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@ieee.org>
> > wrote:
> >> I was at the Berlin N.J. Sears Hardware store this weekend, and the Sears
> >> Motocycle Jack was reduced to $69.95. Looks like it ought to work just
> >> fine to drop a motor out of the Vanagon (SyncroBeast). The lift height
> >> is
> >> 16 1/2 inch.
> >>
> >> Thought the lists might appreciate the heads up. I don't know if the
> >> price
> >> is the same elsewhere, but it's probably worth a look see.
> >>
> >> This jack was selling for as much as $119.95 last summer and I've seen it
> >> for sale before the Holidays at $99.95, with an extra $10.00 off now and
> >> then.
> >>
> >> Never have I seen it as low as $69.95. I tell ya, the sucker weighs a
> >> TON!!
> >>
> >> Hope this helps someeone else.
> >>
> >> Ch
> >>
> >> Carl Hansen
> >>
> >> 609-268-8595 - home
> >> 856-866-6387 - work
> >> carl_hansen@ieee.org - personal
> >> carl.hansen@lmco.com - work
> >>
> >> Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence SETI
> >>
> >> We do not stop playing because we grow old;
> >> we grow old because we stop playing.
> >> Never Be The First To Grow Old!
> >> I need a new tool dear! Ch
> >>
> >> If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,
> >> would it? - Albert Einstein
> >>
> >> Scientific Doohickey Company. Proprietor, Kermit
> >>
> >
>
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