Engine stand mounting options

[senorcarey]

Hi All,

I am pulling the engine off of the hoist to gain more room in the garage. Other than crating and welding up a plate to mount it to the motor mount area, is there any issue with using the two threaded M10 as well as the two short M10 holes on the block?

I need to take the pan off and I have a standard engine stand. I did search on the net, as well as Jeans thread and saw that this is how he mounted his, but I will have the heads still on mine.

Thanks for any insight.

[JGood]

The only 4 I could get lined up on my stand were the 2 M8 bolts at the top, and 2 of the bottom M10 bolts. It was on the stand like that as I unassembled and reassembled it, for almost 6 months, constantly moving it around, etc... I left the heads on mine as well. I know it was questionable, but it worked!

So if you can get 4 m10 bolts lined up, I'd say you'll be perfectly fine.

[Jean]

Just don't YANK on anything while it's on the stand if you are using the starter/tranny bolt/hole areas..... <crack>

I priced the oem engine mounting "arm" that bmw has listed in their shop manual, and it was too expensive for what it is (over $300 iirc), it let's you mount the engine from one of the sides (passenger I think).

[5Toes]

I used 3 bolts from Lowes.. worked for me

stand was outside for a month with motor on it