Engine on stand starting question

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You can start it on the ground with a trans on it. It won't tip over. No need to sit on it and burn your boots, or worse. Put a block of wood under each side engine mount

You will need a radiator so you can run. It and break in the camshaft.

All this talk of making something to start it from the front, you will waste a lot of time and maybe end up in the ER. Just bolt an automatic trans to it and loop the cooler lines to each other.

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You can bolt or lag to the blocks & one under trans mount, too. Mount all on a pallet if you have one.
Ran them on pallet with ratchet straps on them, too. Starter switch hanging etc.
Made a big cardboard box work to run a Continental air-cooled 6 cyl tank engine inside to cool properly .
Made cardboard dash for gauges & switch.
Still have everything in a box to run engines, weighted fuel hose w/filter, batt cables & rudimentary wiring harness, direct reading thermometer gauge(FSN new old stock)screw in, oil pressure gauge, electric fuel pump, & more.