I’ve been beating my brains out trying to figure out what makes me enjoy your videos so much. You remind me of my younger self. I love making thing’s especially when someone says it can’t be done. You make me want to go to my garage and make something. I was even looking at a Cherokee to buy. I really enjoy your videos
I’ve started watching your videos more and more often because I learn so much from them. I also appreciate that even though I know a lot about you because I watch a lot of your videos. It’s really nice that you don’t assume everybody’s watched everything you’ve ever posted before. Keep up the good work. It’s got way more value than just plain old entertainment. Thank you for taking your time out of your day to do this and I look forward to watching more of you.
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Love projects like this! And love your xj videos. Thought I'd learned everything about the xj but you keep throwing knowledge at me! Thank you!
It looked like all kinds of wrong until you added the handle to the other side. Nailed it with balancing the force around the axle!🎉 I have a spare boat winch and my engine stand is getting an upgrade soon. Really good with the handle extension!
24:11 when you said that i somehow knew it was raining. Seems like lots of your videos these days have been rainy lately. I also love the time lapse music.
Looks like a couple sprockets and a chain and you could have what you want. Could even have the mount removable, pining the sprocket to the back with a sleeve.
@jonlyons3376 If you have the center of your engine stand near the crankshaft centerline that is why they are hard to roll over. You need to raise the stand head up higher on the block, the center of the stand needs to get close to the height of the cam. Im sure what you will find is that the way you have it mounted now it will roll easy without the heads but once you put the heads it becomes very top heavy. Also, use a long pry bar between the engine stand to block bolts to help roll the engine if its too heavy. I have done at least 100 big block Chevies with iron heads without problems following these rules.
@@DJTruth_1970 Its not that I never had one difficult to roll on a stand but when I did I quickly learned how to fix it and not to buy cheap Chinese engine stands that cant be adjusted properly.
Once u have that working to ur liking, u could cut the entire assembly off at the top of the upright rectangle tube, add an insert, and make it so it can be dropped into any 2x4 tube (or whatever that is)
Before you install the winch in the black tube pull out the black tube drill and insert a grease fitting threw the blue tube instead of using tape make a sleeve out of polymer it will be slippery and conform then when together pump a few pumps of grease once a year if used daily
All they're good for in my opinion i used a summit racing brand proform i think now anyway it was a factory option machined for more noise well on a built 355 competition cams xe 268h 477/480 at 221/224 duration at .050 thousandths lift and heddman headers and the 86 chevy k20 custom deluxe K20 You could hear that stupid gear drive timing set over my exhaust cam lope, and the np208 part time transfer case...lol it was given to me brand new is the only reason i went ahead and used the gear drive timing set but i wouldn't buy one myself heavy duty single roller or a decent quality double roller timing chain and gear set is fine for me
Have your brother make a metai sleeve for it, or each stand, it would be more stable .make a removable plate to attach to each stand out let and pin it each time, then attach your crank assembly to it, By the way i am a machist , Hope this helps
The pin, that keeps it from rotating could use two purposes. A sleeve over the winch to fit inside the engine mount and keeps it from turning. And then pull the pin, and separate them. This would require a bracket to be welded to the stand and the winch to bolt to the bracket.
Ditch the handle and weld on a socket. That way you can use a ratchet or breaker bar without having to bend over through the full crank stroke. I'd mod the ratchet pawl to just be a lock both ways.
The engine stand itself has four ADJUSTABLE "legs" that will allow you to lower the engine to its own weight center. The legs I refer to are the four pieces of steel plate with the pipe attached that the bolts go through to attach the engine to the stand. Lowering the engine on those to its balance point will allow you to rotate it pretty much by hand. Then you can drill a few more holes through the inside rotating shaft so you can drop your pin through to hold the engine in 4 positions,,,,2 vertical,,,2 horizontal. A longer piece of pipe for rotating engine makes the work easier too.And its free , no welding either.
S cam adjuster and shaft makes a MUCH stronger setup with better gearing. It can be done for about $50 is you can do a little fabrication. I've done 2 that way now and they work awesome. Mountains Garage has a good video on the modification.
I have a gear drive stand. Turn engine over easy and stop it any place you want. The biggest issue with the engine stands are people mount the engine with its center of balance way off from the center of rotation of the stand.
Use an old S cam and slack adjuster off of a semi truck. It will be easier to turn and not runaway in either direction also you can remove the head of the stand
Reason I switched over to flux core welding, Dex, (apart from not wanting to spend hundreds every month on gas...that too...) is you don't much need to bother about paint. It runs so hot, the paint "autoremoves" ahead of the arc.. which is nice..
Just a thought, how about figuring out a way to double this up… use another winch, attaching the larger gear where this handle goes on the first one. This will reduce the speed of the one directly driving the engine, and multiply your torque, reducing the effort to turn the engine; would it not?
To balance a engine you move the center line down in the mount or up on spider to the block dont let the crankshaft be inline with the shaft or pivot spot of stand i roll csst big block chevy ford and Chrysler buy hand.
Good job young man words of wisdom stay away from them cheaps I mean jeeps if you want a true jeep build you a old scout or cj or better yet a land cruiser i think . Lol
If you want more torque, put bicycle sprockets and chain on it. The large sprocket on the engine mount shaft and the small sprocket where the belt used to go. It will turn slower but, easier. That's what I'm going to do when, I steal your great idea! Harbor Freight has a worm gear hand winch for $34.95. Five bucks too much?
If you're going to make a rotisserie engine stand you should always use a four-legged stand and not the tripod stand they're known to tip over if you fart the wrong way
HF makes a hand crank winch with a worm gear that has no dog it goes both directions and stops with a brake sort of. it would work much better for this. very cool idea. Item # 5798
You should have just told him you need help and never mentioned anything about it being related to Christmas 😂 He would have jusy thought you was making yourself a stand wtf 😂😂😂
Anyways if getting in contact with you? I’m about a hour half away from ur shop but was wondering if you knew if dropping a 4.0 online in a 06 liberty limited originally came with the 3.7? If so I would be interested in getting a complete engine or maybe a 91 to 95 Cherokee? Message me back please
On a worm drive you can turn the worm gear to spin straight gear, but can do the other way around. Engine will not spin out of control when get more weight on one side.
Why would you need a winch to turn an engine over? If it does not turn over by hand it is locked up. Drop the pan and undo the Rod bolts one at a time till it turns over. If that doesn't work next is the main cap bolts. Once the Main Cap bolts are undone the Crankshaft comes out. I have been putting engines together since I was 17. I am 47 now. So I don't understand this winch job at all.
I got that winch and it sucks 😂 damnn thing comes unlatch all fhe time from the ratchet safety and nearly broke my arm few times lol locking pslw succks
For the next build maybe try a worm gear because it will stay locked where you leave it
I’ve been beating my brains out trying to figure out what makes me enjoy your videos so much. You remind me of my younger self. I love making thing’s especially when someone says it can’t be done. You make me want to go to my garage and make something. I was even looking at a Cherokee to buy. I really enjoy your videos
Drill a hole for a grease zerk, you have a lot of those
your brilliance and creativity never fails to amaze me. this is glorious
Great idea
I love the music for the time lapse videos on this channel 🎉
1960's game show music lol.
I’ve started watching your videos more and more often because I learn so much from them. I also appreciate that even though I know a lot about you because I watch a lot of your videos. It’s really nice that you don’t assume everybody’s watched everything you’ve ever posted before. Keep up the good work. It’s got way more value than just plain old entertainment. Thank you for taking your time out of your day to do this and I look forward to watching more of you.
Love projects like this! And love your xj videos. Thought I'd learned everything about the xj but you keep throwing knowledge at me! Thank you!
This is pretty awesome. The 2 handles definitely seem like it helped a lot love the videos keep posting an ima keep watching
Nice! Thanks for sharing, that’s an awesome project.
Nice work! Good to see two brothers working together.
Nice idea & to give to ur brother is sweet.
He seemed to like it
It looked like all kinds of wrong until you added the handle to the other side. Nailed it with balancing the force around the axle!🎉 I have a spare boat winch and my engine stand is getting an upgrade soon. Really good with the handle extension!
That's a great application from a good idea.
24:11 when you said that i somehow knew it was raining. Seems like lots of your videos these days have been rainy lately. I also love the time lapse music.
Nice work! I have to figure out how to put a drill on my harbor freight motorcycle table lift
The double handle is a great idea.
Got VGGs video going in the background nice
Next one use the worm gear drive type. Lower gear ratio and won’t run away when unbalanced
Great videos! I enjoy watching your videos and seeing how you work through problems.
I see a Feller is watching VGG in the background.
Looks like a couple sprockets and a chain and you could have what you want. Could even have the mount removable, pining the sprocket to the back with a sleeve.
I got an ls on a stand and have been wondering how I'm gunna flip it over. This came at the perfect time
Same situation lol
@jonlyons3376 If you have the center of your engine stand near the crankshaft centerline that is why they are hard to roll over. You need to raise the stand head up higher on the block, the center of the stand needs to get close to the height of the cam. Im sure what you will find is that the way you have it mounted now it will roll easy without the heads but once you put the heads it becomes very top heavy. Also, use a long pry bar between the engine stand to block bolts to help roll the engine if its too heavy. I have done at least 100 big block Chevies with iron heads without problems following these rules.
@@fastone371like you, never had a problem rotating any engine on a stand
@@DJTruth_1970 Its not that I never had one difficult to roll on a stand but when I did I quickly learned how to fix it and not to buy cheap Chinese engine stands that cant be adjusted properly.
We used to use slack adjusters off of air brake set ups. Pin and an old S-cam easy peasy.
I think they make them double locking so you can flip the lock to go 1 way or the other
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You’re a genius and your funny as hell
They make cheap worm gear style winches so that would make it easier and keep it from running away
I remember when these things first hit the scene, and that was my first thought too.
Once u have that working to ur liking, u could cut the entire assembly off at the top of the upright rectangle tube, add an insert, and make it so it can be dropped into any 2x4 tube (or whatever that is)
Maybe for the next one, put in a zerk in that pipe to grease it again later. Good idea on the stand! Sloppy Mechanics is a LS legend.
Cool idea
Before you install the winch in the black tube pull out the black tube drill and insert a grease fitting threw the blue tube instead of using tape make a sleeve out of polymer it will be slippery and conform then when together pump a few pumps of grease once a year if used daily
I’ve never had a engine of any size make me struggle to turn it or hold we’re I want but it’s definitely a great idea
This is a great idea
You need to build a double COG lock
I used an old wore out Pete Jackson gear drive and made my own rotisserie stand
All they're good for in my opinion i used a summit racing brand proform i think now anyway it was a factory option machined for more noise well on a built 355 competition cams xe 268h 477/480 at 221/224 duration at .050 thousandths lift and heddman headers and the 86 chevy k20 custom deluxe K20 You could hear that stupid gear drive timing set over my exhaust cam lope, and the np208 part time transfer case...lol it was given to me brand new is the only reason i went ahead and used the gear drive timing set but i wouldn't buy one myself heavy duty single roller or a decent quality double roller timing chain and gear set is fine for me
@@richardbates2367 Yeah. I like to hear my motor not someone else's idea of "cool"..
Have your brother make a metai sleeve for it, or each stand, it would be more stable .make a removable plate to attach to each stand out let and pin it each time, then attach your crank assembly to it, By the way i am a machist , Hope this helps
I saw another great engine stand mod using a truck brake slack adjuster. Super cheap part with a worm gear that won't even need a lockout.
Put some heater hose on the handle .
The pin, that keeps it from rotating could use two purposes. A sleeve over the winch to fit inside the engine mount and keeps it from turning. And then pull the pin, and separate them. This would require a bracket to be welded to the stand and the winch to bolt to the bracket.
I used an old BPW trailer brake s cam and a slack adjuster, I use a 3/4" socket and ratchet to turn it and it self locks in both directions.
Ditch the handle and weld on a socket. That way you can use a ratchet or breaker bar without having to bend over through the full crank stroke.
I'd mod the ratchet pawl to just be a lock both ways.
Fuckin love Dex. My favorite youtuber just doing real shit.
Nice man
You need to use a gear drive if nothing else just for the reduction
The engine stand itself has four ADJUSTABLE "legs" that will allow you to lower the engine to its own weight center. The legs I refer to are the four pieces of steel plate with the pipe attached that the bolts go through to attach the engine to the stand. Lowering the engine on those to its balance point will allow you to rotate it pretty much by hand. Then you can drill a few more holes through the inside rotating shaft so you can drop your pin through to hold the engine in 4 positions,,,,2 vertical,,,2 horizontal. A longer piece of pipe for rotating engine makes the work easier too.And its free , no welding either.
Good job
S cam adjuster and shaft makes a MUCH stronger setup with better gearing. It can be done for about $50 is you can do a little fabrication. I've done 2 that way now and they work awesome. Mountains Garage has a good video on the modification.
If you ever loose control of that handle while turning it looks like it will turn into a face readjustment tool...
You could make an adapter plate that will center the mass and have just one for the 40
The double handle is the ticket. I would like to be able to use the original locking pin hole.
I have a gear drive stand. Turn engine over easy and stop it any place you want. The biggest issue with the engine stands are people mount the engine with its center of balance way off from the center of rotation of the stand.
Use an old S cam and slack adjuster off of a semi truck. It will be easier to turn and not runaway in either direction also you can remove the head of the stand
Reason I switched over to flux core welding, Dex, (apart from not wanting to spend hundreds every month on gas...that too...) is you don't much need to bother about paint. It runs so hot, the paint "autoremoves" ahead of the arc.. which is nice..
Hey there, how about putting 2 bearings in, Put one behind the gear, and on the other side. Should make smoother? Great ideal
Use the worm gear boat winch,it wont need the ratchet mechanism to hold it
Just a thought, how about figuring out a way to double this up… use another winch, attaching the larger gear where this handle goes on the first one. This will reduce the speed of the one directly driving the engine, and multiply your torque, reducing the effort to turn the engine; would it not?
To balance a engine you move the center line down in the mount or up on spider to the block dont let the crankshaft be inline with the shaft or pivot spot of stand i roll csst big block chevy ford and Chrysler buy hand.
Good job young man words of wisdom stay away from them cheaps I mean jeeps if you want a true jeep build you a old scout or cj or better yet a land cruiser i think . Lol
Air Brake slack adjuster works better ! It’s cheep and a worm gear (no ratcheting)
Just drill a hole for a needle greaser to still be able to grease it up
Drill a hole put a grease fitting in to keep it greased.
YES NEEDS A WORM GEAR ...THOSE ARE KNUCKLE BUSTERS !
Just shorten the 2 top mounting plates and that will lower the engines centerline
Would a soda can make a good bushing?
Cool 👍👍
If you want more torque, put bicycle sprockets and chain on it. The large sprocket on the engine mount shaft and the small sprocket where the belt used to go. It will turn slower but, easier. That's what I'm going to do when, I steal your great idea! Harbor Freight has a worm gear hand winch for $34.95. Five bucks too much?
You need to lower that engine on your stand to balance it. The biggest thing is balancing
If you're going to make a rotisserie engine stand you should always use a four-legged stand and not the tripod stand they're known to tip over if you fart the wrong way
Don't breathe that zinc plating your welding on, That stuff is nasty.
Where do you get the $ 27 winch?
You're probably only going to rotate it with head off, in which case, it's not top heavy
HF makes a hand crank winch with a worm gear that has no dog it goes both directions and stops with a brake sort of. it would work much better for this. very cool idea. Item # 5798
@@GozonTheGonsarian dude that’s perfect
At 17 minutes into the video he says he's about 10 minutes into the project lol
Use the worm gear winch instead of that type.
You should have just told him you need help and never mentioned anything about it being related to Christmas 😂 He would have jusy thought you was making yourself a stand wtf 😂😂😂
need to make a handle for the drill
Cool
🦅🇺🇸💪🤠👍🍻 heck yeah
Anyways if getting in contact with you? I’m about a hour half away from ur shop but was wondering if you knew if dropping a 4.0 online in a 06 liberty limited originally came with the 3.7? If so I would be interested in getting a complete engine or maybe a 91 to 95 Cherokee? Message me back please
Welding goggles, save your eyes! For better power and rotational control, use a flywheel and a starter gear.
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Make shim stock out of tin cans
Using wrong style need to get a worm drive style winch.
On a worm drive you can turn the worm gear to spin straight gear, but can do the other way around. Engine will not spin out of control when get more weight on one side.
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get the wirm drive winch
My brother tried to kill me for telling him he was a drunk idiot 24/7. Some people are so lucky.
Why would you need a winch to turn an engine over? If it does not turn over by hand it is locked up. Drop the pan and undo the Rod bolts one at a time till it turns over. If that doesn't work next is the main cap bolts. Once the Main Cap bolts are undone the Crankshaft comes out.
I have been putting engines together since I was 17. I am 47 now. So I don't understand this winch job at all.
I got that winch and it sucks 😂 damnn thing comes unlatch all fhe time from the ratchet safety and nearly broke my arm few times lol locking pslw succks
This kid needed a erector set when he was younger lol
Take your money and save app and buy Weldon goggles.
Or a mask
Why didn't you just buy an engine stand that comes like this?
They’re $400!!! Why pay $400 when you have a welder!!!🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
@papergatorzfedducca7998 because you end up with an actual good product. Not a pile of junk