engine trolley

[jpayne]

Guys

 

Could anyone help me with something like this, its pretty simple, but Im here for another year so the engine needs to be put somewhere and be moveable and I have no access to tools or place to do it.

A trolley for moving a cosworth YB engine, 4 castor wheels, a steel frame and some risers and plates to bolt to the block mounts? 25mm suare tubing?

 

 

Im looking for some help, either tools and a place to work or a really competitive price or both.

 

Im in Inner London

 

Thanks in advance

 

Justin p

[GT_lenny]

why not just buy an engine stand from machine mart they pick up on bell housing bolts and alow the engine to be rotated through 360 degrees they're about £30 - not worth gettin the welder out

[Von Thrash]

I got one of those clarke ones from machine mart, and it's rubbish.

 

With just a bare crossflow block on, it wobbles and nods like the flippin' churchill dog. It's 'cos it's only supported at one end.

 

It makes it really difficult to work on an engine when it just won't stop moving.

[Nuttynil]

i got one of them engine stands and mines great had loads of different engines on them been great ,There is a machine mart on the highway wapping .

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... ine-stands

[jpayne]

Thanks for your replies guys. I have the engine stand, it was cheap, it is also not able to be moved easily nor helps move the bloody thing around the flat, or up and down stairs and finally will not help it get back to australia when we have it sent there at the end of my contract. hence the design which should see the sump 20-30mm above the floor, able to be put away in the corner to hide the engine in our 1 bed flat because its not very big.

 

Any help out there?

 

cheers,

JP

[FredTransit]

Bread Trolley. As found behind many supermarkets like netto and Iceland. you will need to weld some uprights onto it. Got one on the yard outside now with a York sitting on it. They are steel with solid plastic heavy casters., about 2.5-3ft square, just an open frame. Borrow one, I am sure you will return it when you have finished with it

[jpayne]

Thanks Fred, your not the first to suggest this, however whichever way I go I still need help with a welder. my only other concern is size. I have a space in the flat, next to the bookshelves, where the engine can sit. The design of the trolley was such that it will hold the engine off the wood floors, allow it to be moved for relocation and cleaning under it and of course fixing to a pallet for transport to Australia. I was hoping to get an offer of help so that I could do it myself, failing that its off to a fabricator to have done and at significant cost.

 

cheers,

 

JP

[baz105e]

2x cheap kids skateboards and a ratchet strap job jobbed

[jpayne]

holy thread mine!

but came across this so thought Id share. best engine trolley ever

used for multiple engines and moving the cossie from London to Australia

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JP

[seanyroche]

http://www.jago24.de/en/do-it-yourself/tools/repair-shop-supplies/engine-stand-with-450kg-capacity-red-oxid.html?site=1&sourceRefKey=D1hxOzAtk&queryFromSuggest=true

 

49 euro looks like it should do the job.

[accord83]

London to Australia!, that was one hell of a push! Could you not have crated it and and shipped it?

[khanlad]

That trolley is superb, my only question how did get it in the house? My misses, as understanding as she is, would kick me straight in the nads!

[jpayne]

Oh she is very understanding...If im building engines in the house im not at the workshop away from home!

Engines were crated up and sent while attached to these trolleys didn't want them resting on manifolds or sumps etc. Typical engine stand was too tall, too unstable for moving about the flat, into and out of lifts and across carparks!

 

JP

[colr6]

Oh she is very understanding...If im building engines in the house im not at the workshop away from home!

Engines were crated up and sent while attached to these trolleys didn't want them resting on manifolds or sumps etc. Typical engine stand was too tall, too unstable for moving about the flat, into and out of lifts and across carparks!

 

JP

Here's me thinking wouldn't mind that type of floor in my garage!