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Originally Posted by Geronimo
I am planning a bit of a garage update in prep for an engine rebuild. .
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I'm ignoring the rest of your post and all of the replies, because they don't help.
When you're doing a rebuild, you need one thing. SURFACE AREA.
You will have dozens of pieces, none of which are very large. You need to be able to lay out 6 pistons and 6 jugs and 2 case halves, etc. You need counter space.
You also need a few square feet of open space to put things back together. Preferably something strong and flat, so you can do stuff like sit the crank vertically and mount the rods on it.
You don't need STORAGE...you need SPACE. You're better off having 2 3x8 folding tables than all of the cabinets in the world. Spend the $200 on folding tables, and maybe $200 on a wooden workbench that you can mount a decent sized vice on. That, and room for an engine stand, and you're golden.
I've done 2 rebuilds. The first was in my garage, with lots of surface area and no storage. Piece of cake. Second was in a garage with little to no open table space, so all of the parts/bolts/etc were stacked on top of each other in ziplock bags. SUCKED. Easy to forget things, easy to lose things, easy to have everything covered in a thick layer of oil and grease...SUCKED.
Back to the thread about people talking about garage cabinets.
