engine stand

[pablogustav]

Your responses are great; how one question brings up a whole new set of ideas! When I get ready to swap out the motor, at least now I know what I'm getting into and what my options are. I once rented a little bungalow in San Francisco in the mid eighties that had a garage with a small mechanics pit in it. I was so psyched because I had just purchased a 1961 volvo 122 amazon that needed the engine rebuilt. When I took the plywood cover off the pit, the previous occupant had been kind enough to change his/her oil in the pit for about 50+ years. It took about 2 weeks to clean it out and had the ergonomics a hobbit would envy. I have been using it as an excuse for my premature senility ever since.

[Curly]

I do oil changes over a pit too, but the oil usually ends up in a container not on the floor. Although ... there have been times when the bucket's been up-ended accidently and yes, it does make an awful mess.
This pit is 10' long 3' wide and 6' deep. It has its own ladder, power supply and lead light - I don't know how I'd manage without it. It's usually covered by lift-out timber panels when not in use.
Here, a mate is changing the diff oil in his BMW M3 prior to a competition event - note the street legal race tyre in the boot.

[mdrburchette]

That is a cool setup Curly, but if it's 6' deep, I'd have to use a ladder to reach the underside of the car!

[Curly]

That is a cool setup Curly, but if it's 6' deep, I'd have to use a ladder to reach the underside of the car!

If I was your height Denise, I could have saved myself an awful lot of digging and a heap on the cost of the concrete .

[mdrburchette]

Now there's a thought! Ron could still use it if he worked on his knees.