I finally got my 317 back from the shop. It's got new pistons, bored out .030 over, new cam bearings, rod bearings and mains. He was so reasonably priced that I had him put new exhaust valve seats, pushrods and hydraulic lifters. Oil pump put on along with pan, pick up and oil tubes. He cleaned up rockers and checked everything out, replacing whatever was needed, and which wasn't much. A seal here or there. He put the heads back on and adjusted everything. Only charged me a little over 2 grand, labor only.
Now the reason for this post. My wife bought me a new 1.5 ton engine stand with a front bar about 18" long with casters on the ends. My hoist has the two angled legs. Unfortunately the stand won't fit between the hoist legs. Just thinking about it now, I'll try putting the stand on the side of the legs maybe it'll reach.
The other problem is the bolt pattern on the engine doesn't allow the stand to line up with them. There are two on top, two on the sides and two way down on the corners. The bottom ones are too far out for the stand bracket to reach and the two top ones are too close to use along with the two side ones. Just can't figure this out. Never used a stand before but have watched a few videos.
I'm sure I'm not the only one experiencing these issues.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Does your stand not have adjustable arms that will mount on the rear of the engine (where the bell-housing bolts on)?  It took a little fiddling (and a bolt kit from Summit Racing (https://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G1012 ) but we managed to get it on the stand.  We've just got one of the stands from Harbor freight and it hold the 292 no problem.

Good luck and be careful.  The last thing you want to do is drop that shiny new engine!

1964 Ford F100 w/ 292 Y-block
-Central Florida-

It does have the adjustable arms but the way the holes are spaced I can't seem to be able to get 4 bolts lined up. I'll get a vid or some pics tomorrow. Maybe after some sleep I'll be able to figure it out. Still trying to figure out how to get the stand close enough to the engine since the hoist legs are in the way.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Couple pictures would help. I’ve had similar problems, especially with the engine stands. Sometimes, if the arms are different lengths you can swap them around until you find a combination that fits. Be careful, those are big heavy engines, and I’ve had trouble getting them close to balancing making it dangerous to turn them over. Or a 3 man job to be safe.

I was lucky, most of the time I had a sliding overhead hoist, I beams on structure, all chain, good for 10 times what an engine would weigh. But it still scared me and made me very careful.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

Don't try to mount the engine on the stand with the rotating mounting fixture and the stand as a unit.  The Y-Block has a wide bolt bell housing pattern.  Remove the fixture from the stand.   Loosen the adjustable arms and mount the fixture on the rear of the block.  Lift the engine and put the fixture in the hole in the stand. Here's a couple of photos from my shop.  Be careful putting that engine in the car.  The young guy in these photos is my friend Joe. Old guys like me shouldn't do this by themselves.

Depending upon the brand or style of engine stand, I find it necessary to drill some extra holes in the attachment arms to get the engine stand heads to bolt up to the blocks.  I like the camshaft hole to be close to the pivot point thus making the engine easier to rotate and/or not have a heavy side when rotating the engine with the cylinder heads on.  Here are some pics.
  

  

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Thanks for the info. I'll be drilling some holes in the arms. Now can someone advise me on the problem I'm having regarding the hoist legs getting in the way of the stand front support?

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Take the front castors off the engine stand, move the hoist over the front and lift the engine off the engine stand.  May have to go in at an angle and straighten out the lift.  Does your lift have an extension that moves it out further?  My engine stand has three positions on the lift arm to extend the reach.  Joe-JDC

JDC

It does extend our, 3 settings. It's out as far as it can go. I suppose it might work, taking the casters off the end of the hoist legs and put the front support of the stand up on top of the hoist legs. Then slide the stand back off the hoist legs. Then it'll be fun putting the engine back on the hoist to install it back into the car

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri