Engine test Stand
 

Has anyone ever built (or bought) a stand to "hang" the engine & tranny from, and then used to start and trouble shoot the engine out of the car.

An interesting test stand is described on Type2.com in the "Sermons of Bob Hoover". It is a installation stand, assemble stand and test stand that was welded up by Bob. It even folds down and fits on the top of his bus.
P.S. Sorry Wayne to send people to type2.com, but Bob has been working on these engines for dog years and knows everything.

Well I've read his description, and although it's a little hard to visualize, he is using a junk tranny and bolting/welding to it. I'm thinking of a stand that when you drop the engine & tranny (together right?), you could roll the whole assembly over to this stand and raise it, then bolt it in. Have a battery, gas tank, etc, available so you could tinker with it without the car in the way!

A shopping cart minus the upper portion works very well. They are pretty easy to come by and many supermakets have damaged carts. You just Saw off the top and use the Wide Sturdy base.

A furniture cart from Home Depot works just as well. Take a look at our '914 Engine Drop Made Easy Article."

Thanks,

Wayne