How do I hook up my slant six motor to an engine stand? Problem solved.

Lots of good advice to be had above, but I thought I'd add a few things I learned the hard way.

For sure use grade 8 bolts, nuts, and washers. You'll probably have to fiddle with what length as the "spacers" you asked about are different by manufacturer. It only took me a half dozen tries to get the right bolts to fit my stand. :rolleyes:

If you are buying a new stand, make sure it will actually bolt up to a slant. I had two of them (one was mine, one was a buddy's) that would no way no how bolt to a slant. The arms were too short, and the slots in the head were such that there wasn't enough adjustment to reach the bolt holes. My current stand is a Cadillac-level beauty, mostly because I was in the right place at the right time and it was very nicely priced.

There are many ways to skin this cat, but here's mine on my stand. Like RRR's photo, clearly this is upside down in this shot. I used the two lower bolts on the engine, and then the next two going up towards the top of the engine. One mistake I made with my old three-wheel stand was just bolting it up with no thought to the balance point. I had most of the engine sticking up (the crankshaft was even with the rotation shaft on the stand), and when I added the head and rolled it over to do the oil pan, it came within a whisker of tipping over - I was only saved by an alert friend who was standing there and caught it. Notice in this photo, the center of mass on the engine (including the head) is centered on the rotating shaft on the stand. This stand has a geared crank to roll things over, but a balanced load is best even if using RRR's style stand.



Here's a close-up of how it's bolted up.



And this is when it's upright, still fairly well balanced.