Want to pull the engine out of my spare parts truck.

Im going to need a HD engine stand to put it on, going to have to build one.

Can the weight of the engine be supported by the bellhousing bolts alone or should I build something that supports it front and rear somehow?

Anybody have pics of a CTD on an engine stand?

 

I had a 1250 lb stand from Napa and it bent mine I had to put a front support on mine

 

Mount it sideways.

 

Yeah i've been wonderin the same thing. Is there someone that makes a good cummins engine stand or instructions on how to build one? I wanna have a stand to work one mine when i pull the motor out this summer or next year.

 

So... if the stand is stable and strong enough, can I support the engine by the bellhousing?
I plan to make the stand so I can rotate the motor 360 deg to work on.
And if I want to run the motor on the stand then I'll add extra stability by supporting part of it's weight on the chainfall.

 

yes the tabs you use will need to be extra strong that what bent on mine .if you take the engine adapter off and bolt strait to the block its fine .I dont know if i would trust the aluminum adapter for long periods of hang time

 

Why not just build a stand with two legs, one on each side of the block, and bolt the pivot to the engine mounts in the block? THat way it would rotate end over end, and would be self balanced in any position . . . .

 

This makes the most sense to me, if your building your own, why not do it right the first time? Think about all you won't have to worry about... the possible risk of bending or breaking engine parts in the most inopportune of times.
Dropping on the toes, or even worse.
Plus the added benefit of being able to bolt the trans and motor together without playing engine acrobatics.

 

Thats a great idea, I think thats the way I'll go.

 

yup thats how i would do it the inline 6 is way to heavy to hang on its end

 

Someone has built one and had pics on this forum I think. But being an old dude I may have seen it on another forum. It had iirc a flywheel and gear setup to rotate it with and the engine was mounted sideways. It was a pretty nice setup. Search it and check it out and build one. The cheapo's for car engines will get you or your engine hurt.

 

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, there are a few pics and links in this thread:

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...t=engine+stand

JP.

 

Another guy and I built a stand to hang the duramax's at work. We just way over built it and Built and adaptor to hang off of where the motor mount goes. I'll see if I can't get a few pics soon, I think I got another eninge to pull out if the zone rep will give me the Ok and Maybe I can get a pic of it in action.
And If you have the tools and some know how it's almost allways cheaper to build something like this rather than buying one. (Even at my dealers price it was cheaper to have us build it, compaired to them buying one)

 

too bad photos dont work anymore

 

I work on big diesels all the time and the best way is to stand them on end sitting on the bell housing after you get the crank in. You can rotate it back to normal after you get the bottom end together and support it on blocks while assembling the top end if you don't like working sideways.