engine stands? lol, what about a floor?

im working on mine on the garage floor.

 

ok.

 

You can if do that, just got to keep a clean work area so dirt or debris doesn't get inside the engine. I like an engine stand because I have a bar stool and I can sit level with the engine and turn it around to get to all sides very easily. They aren't very expensive either. Check these sites to see.

http://www.southern-tool.com/store/a...oor_jacks.html

http://www.tooldesk.com/shop/store.wml

http://www.harborfreight.com/

 

well i have a motor stand and a head that bolts to it to hold a rotory.... i also have a 5 gallon bucket... thats great b cuz if you drop something its gonna be in the bucket... and i stacked a fd motor on the bucket today

 

Yeah I been looking for more tools lately Im going have to buy alot of used **** cause me and 2 other friedns are going to rent a 20x20 shop with 2 bay doors will easily fit 3 7s,
I got my own 2000. tool box and about 6-7000. in hand and air tools.

The things im looking to buy and I found them cheap locally are,
cherry picker $150.
engien stands $35.
parts cleaner bin $40.

bench grinder/with poilshing wheel $??

These will help me with workin on my own cars,and workin on others.So I guess its time to make some side cash to buy my supplies.

 

The thing I hate about tools is you NEVER have enough and it just keep getting more and more expensive.

 

20x20 is going to be tight with 3 cars in it. Try to find a engine hoist that can be dismantled when not in use.

 

Yeah we saw a fold down cherry picker,150.$ new

This 20x20 will be for 2 10 AE and a 83 GSL/the GSL will be out in 2 months top,then more room to work,The GSL will be a easy job so it will be out first.

 

Thats why you get a 30x32 with a full concrete foundation, drainage, and 200 amps of power with a full welding/metal fabrication area, wood working area, car area, motorcycle area, and overhead storage loft like me at my Dads house .

~T.J.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and an office with phone, refrigerator, and food. Ive been known to sleep in our shop when working on my baby, lol

EDIT #2: BTW, Its not like its hella nice or anything though...It just has a lot of crap in ther that sounds nice. Like the "welding area" is just a secion of the shop where the welders are on a work bench to be used, and the griders and stuff are there. Same with the "wood working area". Theyre just where the tools happen to be .

 

my engine stand was a shopping trolly with a peice of MDF across the top, then it got modified and the sides were cut off and the engine could sit on the bottom..

 

Oh yeah...And I dont have an engine stand . Mine was home made from a pallete (sp?) with casters for the bottom, a Kenmore dryer drum sitting vertical for the middle (the thing inside that spins where the cloths go), an old tire sitting on top of that (spacer for height adjustment), then a piece of plywood for the worktop . However, I do have a 2 ton block and tackle thats suspended from the ceiling that I use as my engine hoist . When it came to installing the oil pan, header, and all that other stuff, I just hooked it to the hoist, pulled it up and voila. Engine stand for working under the engine .

 

dam u went to alot of truble to build a stand... good work

i got a block and tackle also but mines only a 1 tonner

 

Nah, not really. Everything was just laying around the yard . My Dads kind of a pack rat...But it helps when you need some oddball thing, he'll have it.

~T.J.

 

my dad was the same untill we moved houses and my mum made him throw all his stuff out "I'm NOT HAVING THAT RUBBISH IN MY NEW HOUSE"

now im the one starting up a junk collection with all my busted car parts.

 

Sounds familiar, lol. My Dad moved houses, but he took most of it with him. Now Im gathering RX-7 parts and whole cars, lol.

~T.J.

 

I have my 20x24 garage set up for automotive and the basement of my house is set up for the wood shop. It works out well. Growing up I used my dads 30x30 concrete garage which was set up as a machine/fab. shop, at the time he was building streetrods and race cars full time for people. He mostly specializes in chassis and suspension design and fabrication, just does it part time now. It is very handy to have access to stuff like that.

 

This 20x20 is perfect for $200. rent eletric included