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

[Gabriel Caldwell]

Large thick screwdriver.  Flywheel teeth.  Done it before.  Worked fine.
That being said I have an electric impact you can borrow.  You could
also drive back to the warehouse and we could use the pneumatic on the
bolts.  I cut the hose accidently after you left so I will need to buy a
new one first.

Gabriel Caldwell

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of David Forgie
Sent: December-10-07 6:55 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Need advice re: engine stand for AAN

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.
> 
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> 
> Dave
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> 
> -----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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