[s-cars] Need advice re: engine stand for AAN

[David Kase]

Yep, impact gun is your friend here...

The bolts will break loose before the engine has time to react.

David Kase
Engineering Manager
PDQ Industries
717-656-4281
717-656-8749 (f)
www.pdqlocks.com



chris chambers wrote:
> Pneumatic powered tools?
>
> If not that a come along from the ceiling joists to lift it up and set
> it on the floor. Very rednecky and should only be done with a long beam
> slid over multiple joists to spread out the load....BUT could solve
> your problem.
>
>
>
>
> --- David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks to all who responded.  I can see that removing the flywheel is
>> the best solution . IF I didn't 
>> there would be no way to remove the flywheel  later because of the
>> arms of the engine stand would 
>> block it.  On the otherhand, with the engine STILL in the back of my
>> avant, how easy is it going to
>>  be to break those (6? 8?) flywheel bolts free? 
>>
>> Dave F.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: djdawson2 at aol.com
>> Date: Sunday, December 9, 2007 9:09 pm
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Need advice re: engine stand for AAN
>> To: forgied at shaw.ca, s-car-list at audifans.com
>>
>>     
>>> I built mine on what sounds like a similar $59 generic engine 
>>> stand.? However, I never put it on the stand with the flywheel.? 
>>> It fact, I would ask why?? If you're going to tear down and 
>>> rebuild, you certainly don't want the flywheel attached to the 
>>> crank.? If you leave it on, you'll never be abe to remove the 
>>> crank from the block.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just an observation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Forgie <forgied at shaw.ca>
>>> To: s-car-list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>>> Sent: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 6:41 pm
>>> Subject: [s-cars] Need advice re: engine stand for AAN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For reasons not entirely justifiable, I have acquired a spare 
>>> AAN from Gabriel 
>>> Caldwell who is parting a pearl on black 93 with significant 
>>> rear end (body) 
>>> damage.  We got the engine out of the 93 and into my 98 C4 
>>> Avant on Saturday:
>>>
>>> http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/200632.phtml
>>>
>>> I purchased an assemble-it-yourself engine stand (1250 lb max) 
>>> and was going to 
>>> retreive the engine from the avant today.  However, despite 
>>> removing the clutch 
>>> to get more clearance, I still need more "stand off" and longer 
>>> bolts than what 
>>> I have (4" long 3/8" bolts) for the attachment arms.  Looks 
>>> like I need 4.5" 
>>> bolts (at least).  I used washers to get more standoff with 
>>> the engine stand 
>>> arms but I need more or I need to cut some pipe to create 
>>> spacers so I can clear 
>>> the flywheel.
>>>
>>> The 3/8" bolts seem to be the largest size that will clear all 
>>> the holes in the 
>>> "bell housing" area of the block. 
>>>
>>> Anybody with BTDT photos of something they have rigged up to do 
>>> this (with the 
>>> flywheel on)?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Dave F. 
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