What's your engine sitting on?

RScott · #1 03-04-2008, 10:01 AM

Got my engine--thanks for all the suggestions about getting it home.

Now it's here & I need to return the pallet with the neat brackets that supported it while traveling.

So I'm going to put it on some kind of cart with casters so I can move it. How do you support it so nothing breaks from the weight? It's a used engine, so I have nothing from the manufacturer.

I'm not keen on just setting it the sump, with studs poking down that would take all the weight.

painless · #2 03-04-2008, 10:34 AM

Scott:

I made a cart that supported the engine while it was upside down. This bathed the camshaft in oil the close to two years I stored it.

The engine rested on the case right behind the crank/prop flange and then on the motor mounts at its rear. I had it on wheels as you mentioned so I could move it around the shop as needed.

WilburD2 · #3 03-04-2008, 11:27 AM

Richard,
The tire suggestion isn't as redneck as it seems. Do it all the time here in the commercial world.
know anyone who has something like this you could borrow or buy off them cheap?

http://www.aircraft-tool.com/shop/de....aspx?PageNo=1

DaX · #4 03-04-2008, 02:26 PM

I was going to recommend the tire at first but was afraid I'd get flamed, LOL. I use that method for auto engines all the time.

cjensen · #5 03-04-2008, 03:21 PM

My little VeeDub 1200 was stored on a used/expired Falcon 20 tire until I tore it apart this winter...it's going right back on that tire after I put it back together...