Engine stand - Beetle

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Engine stand - Beetle

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Hi Guys

Can anyone recommend an engine stand that will work on a beetle engine without having to be modified.

Last few overhauls I was younger and more flexible and did it on a beer crate, but I'm getting soft and would like to do it easier.

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Hello,

today also in Germany only universal stand are available:
https://raanas-shop.de/WERKZEUGE/Motors ... :7760.html
or some brackets to build your own stand or fix it at a workbench:
https://www.csp-shop.de/werkzeug/motor- ... -staender/
It looks like the market for it has shrunk...

Decades ago I get my one (rollable/rotatable/demountable) from CSP and used it for my type 1 and 4 engine restorations:

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Try Adendorff's,.. uncomplicated stand. will require a mod or get a unusable Gearbox and cut the bellhousing off and fit to stand,....that's what I did. Works fine,..me thinks.
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Haans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:35 pm Try Adendorff's,.. uncomplicated stand. will require a mod or get a unusable Gearbox and cut the bellhousing off and fit to stand,....that's what I did. Works fine,..me thinks.
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Haans wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:35 pm Try Adendorff's,.. uncomplicated stand. will require a mod or get a unusable Gearbox and cut the bellhousing off and fit to stand,....that's what I did. Works fine,..me thinks.
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Do you have a perhaps have a picture of your engine stand ?

So far I stripped everything on my beer crate again, but assembly would be nice on an engine stand.
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I cut off the bellhousing of an old gearbox and fixed it to some scrap frame that I modified a bit:

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