360° rotating engine stand for my "Z" engines

"Off-season" is always tinkering time for me:
I want to rebuild my two spare engines this winter. And since I didn't have an engine stand for that,( I´ve sold all my "Z" stuff + "Z"-tools 8 years ago...), I built something myself recently, or rather, I bought a cheap, 360° rotating mobile stand from a Chinese store.
All I had to do was make a suitable adapter, which I milled from aluminum plates and screwed together. Then I used my car jack to help me position the engine. It worked perfectly. - For the other engine, i have build a little roller-stand, just about 1 foot high, to move it easier, or screw on top end. Pictures of this will follow..

Off Season?? Figured You'd be burning up the road waay past the first snowflake, ha. Go Joe, Go.

Nice work as ever Joe, I had to go the rotisserie route for my "J" motor as it only has one mounting point at the rear

 Haarrr! - No, Clay, i think, season is off now for me,..since last friday here is a lot of rain every day, leafs are falling rapidly, ...no way for me to hit the roads longer this year,..maybe it will come a sunny  dry day in the next 3 weeks, then..     But normally, october i finished my riding...Phew,...another  5 month to wait....


@ Wookie58

YOUR stand  is a very nice and practicable solution: So you´re able, to fix the engine just on their upper mounts, and be able to split the case while hanging on your stand! Great idea !!Luckily, I was able to rent another garage here, so I finally have more space to tinker



 

I got a burst of energy Joe!! Tried of seeing this lump in the yard, Can't have a photo in the next "Better Homes and Gardens" with this pile sitting next to a tree. I tried and tried to just give it away, no response. So broke it down to it's elemental components. So now i have two lumps, chassis and an engine.    

Clay it's crazy when you see the crap guys are asking strong money for over here that you couldn't get it gone !!!!

Where are you located? Still trying to find a home for that frame?

asphalt900 wrote:

I got a burst of energy Joe!! Tried of seeing this lump in the yard, Can't have a photo in the next "Better Homes and Gardens" with this pile sitting next to a tree. I tried and tried to just give it away, no response. So broke it down to it's elemental components. So now i have two lumps, chassis and an engine.  

 

It's easy to add an air brake slack adjuster..