Engine Stand for storage?

[Jerry Parr WI]

Are you putting the engine stand on one caster? Four casters rated at 250 lbs each could support a 1000 lbs engine. A complete A engine weights in around 500 lbs, so you should be fine with just about any caster you find.

True. I use swap meet find casters so mine vary. I did get one set that go flat on the bottom over time like nylon tires. They do come back to shape so you need to move them occasionally. On smooth concrete harder tires move easier but the metal ones hang up on little stones.

 

[billwill]

Thats cheap goodluk.

 

[Dave in MN]

Cheap but strong engine Stand for storage

I have used this stand design for the last three years. Works great and is made from scrap 2x6 lumber and drywall screws. I've made about 20 of them in the past three years. The stand fits on a typical furniture dolly. The design came indirectly from John Fenske a member of the Twin Cities Ford Model A Club.
Open the attached pdf for a printable document of the stand.
Dave
www.durableperformance.net

 

[Paul from Maine]

I plan to store the entire rebuilt engine so it will need to be strong. I also want something stable enough to hold the motor so I can occasionally turn it over to keep things lubricated. I like that angle iron suggestion if its something I can bolt together. I don't have any welding equipment but we do have a Metal by the Foot store nearby that would sell the steel.

The Model A engine stand adapter I purchased is so well balanced that with very little effort I can "turn over" the engine in about 5 seconds. Though I have turned my engine over many times while mounted on the stand, I never did it with any oil in it, so I can't say turning it over helped keep it lubricated. I have squirted oil into the cylinders while the engine was upright on the stand and rotated the flywheel to lubricate the rings and cylinder walls. I think it would be hard to turn the motor upside down on the stand made of welded bedframe unless you mounted the whole contraption within some old wagon wheel steel tires. Then you could easily roll the whole shebang across any surface while you were turning the engine upside down to lubricate it. On second thought, I think it would be easier to just pull the plugs once in awhile, squirt a little oil in each cylinder and crank it a turn or two with the hand crank.

 

[CarlG]

I think he means "rotating the crankshaft", not turning the engine upside-down.

 

[ratamahata]

Re: Cheap but strong engine Stand for storage

I have used this stand design for the last three years. Works great and is made from scrap 2x6 lumber and drywall screws. I've made about 20 of them in the past three years. The stand fits on a typical furniture dolley.
Open the attached pdf for a printable document of the stand.
Dave
www.durableperformance.net

Thanks for the info, this design is so simple, quick to build, cheap and works very well

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

A warning for anyone wanting to use bed frame angle iron. In the 70's I wiped out the teeth on my brand new band saw blade in about 3 seconds trying to cut an old bed frame. I had to use my angle grinder.

 

[Jerry Parr WI]

A warning for anyone wanting to use bed frame angle iron. In the 70's I wiped out the teeth on my brand new band saw blade in about 3 seconds trying to cut an old bed frame. I had to use my angle grinder.

Think I warned about that problem. I must have a slightly better grade of bed frames. Not much damage to my saw but I tried to gas weld one and that's not possible. Used my old stick welder on these as that's what I had at the time. I got hundreds of free cross braces when a motel replaced their beds in the 80's. I've cut and drilled many of them but they are hard on drill bits.

Jerry

 

[ford28a]

Does anyone have a picture of the Fenske engine stand --it is hard to orient from plans. Thanks

 

[Russ/40]

A warning for anyone wanting to use bed frame angle iron. In the 70's I wiped out the teeth on my brand new band saw blade in about 3 seconds trying to cut an old bed frame. I had to use my angle grinder.

Not only that, but when I tried to use bed frame rails, all the stick welds cracked when they cooled. Would never trust that material for anything.

 

[CarlG]

... Would never trust that material for anything.

Doesn't even make good bed frames.

 

[Dave in MN]

Photo of Engine Stand for storage?

Does anyone have a picture of the Fenske engine stand --it is hard to orient from plans. Thanks

For a picture of the stand, open the attachment on my previous post in this thread. Post was made on 11/11/11.
Email me direct if you need additional photos.

Dave in MN

 

[kenparker]

Everybody has a different idea. That is what makes the world and interesting place. Here is my engine test stand and in the background is one of several engine storage carts. Second pix is closeup of the one in the background. Storage carts are all made from whatever scrap I can find and piece together. ken