Went to Lowes and to Home Depot in search of some bolts to put my z6 on my stand, but didn't find anything.

I've read that I need 12 x 1.25mm bolts. Is this true? The only thing Home Depot or Lowes has are 12 x 1.75mm. the only thing I can find in 1.25 is an 10 x 1.25mm.

I've measured my stand and I need some that are 3.5" long (don't know how many mm's that is off hand).

At any rate, does anybody know of a franchise store that has a good supply of hardware?

 

try ace/true value, if there is one in your area......

 

ah, I didn't even think about Ace. There's one a 1/4mile away from my house.

Thanks!

 

hehehe...i get screwed there all the time ...sike ..screws......glad to help.....

 

Were you looking for bolts ? If so go back to home depot and just buy the long bolt stud, you can cut it and then go buy some nuts for it.

 

I bought a section of "all-thread" from McMaster-Carr and made up what I needed.

Wes

 

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I don't need any nuts because these will be screwing into my block.

They didn't have any bolts of any size in a 12 x 1.25mm...so long or short, I didn't have any options at Home Depot or Lowes.

I'm about to run up to Ace right now. Hopefully they can help me out.

Thanks for the responses guys

 

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I don't need any nuts because these will be screwing into my block.

They didn't have any bolts of any size in a 12 x 1.25mm...so long or short, I didn't have any options at Home Depot or Lowes.

I'm about to run up to Ace right now. Hopefully they can help me out.

Thanks for the responses guys </TD></TR></TABLE>

dont use a engine stand, it will make your threads weak from "standing on the stand", so leave it on a clean surface, and build from their!!! good luck

 

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I don't need any nuts because these will be screwing into my block.

They didn't have any bolts of any size in a 12 x 1.25mm...so long or short, I didn't have any options at Home Depot or Lowes.

I'm about to run up to Ace right now. Hopefully they can help me out.

Thanks for the responses guys </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well if you use the 2 bottoms holes, they go totally threw so you will need nuts.

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dont use a engine stand, it will make your threads weak from "standing on the stand", so leave it on a clean surface, and build from their!!! good luck </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol, I guess everyone should just put it on there tables and build it like that.


Modified by 90blackcrx at 5:46 PM 6/16/2004

 

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dont use a engine stand, it will make your threads weak from "standing on the stand", so leave it on a clean surface, and build from their!!! good luck </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well I won't be building for a few months. I want something that rolls so I can move it out of the way when I pull a car into the garage.

I wanted one of those 4 wheel ones that sit kind of low. I've seen pictures of them on here. It looks like it holds the engine up from the bottom from what I can tell.

Anyway, I couldn't find those anywhere and I already have a side mount engine stand, so I figured i'd use it.

 

I just used the longest tranny bolts that I could find for the top holes and long bolts and nuts for the bottom 2 holes. Just remember to use washers too.

 

If you have a friend with a welder, just build up a rolling stand for the engine.

Here is a photo of the one I built up;


Wes

 

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Here is a photo of the one I built up;


Wes</TD></TR></TABLE>

thats a good idea too, but not if you need to rotate the engine upside down

 

Menards? if you have one of those, that's where I got mine

 

Ya what if your installing pistons or torqueing down the connecting rod caps?

Seems kinda hard, Id want one that could rotate around and I didnt have to sit on the floor to reach

 

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Seems kinda hard, Id want one that could rotate around and I didnt have to sit on the floor to reach</TD></TR></TABLE>

You'd probably wanna flip the block over when torquing rod caps, girdle, oil pan, etc ... at least that's what I did.

 

Whats a girdle? Im from the 350 chevy **** crew, recently over to Hondas, only done head work, havent ripped apart a block before

 

Try NAPA. That's where I got my bolts from.

 

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Here is a photo of the one I built up;


Wes</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's awesome Wes. I've seen those before....I thought you could buy them, but I haven't seen any around. Maybe they're all homebuilt.

I won't be touching the engine for probably 6-7 months; this style would be much more convenient for me until it's time for the build. Then I'd like to go to the side mount style.

 

To all those that pointed out that you can't rotate the engine; the reason I posted the picture was that Jonathan was looking for something that could allow him to move the engine around. That's pretty much the same reason that I built it up as is.

I also have a normal engine stand that I use when doing engine assembly. However, it takes up a fair amount of "floor space".

Wes

 

SO whats a girdle?

And ya Napa has a lot of different bolts, I needed some for my hood and the main big ****** for ym seatbelt and they had it

But they were like a buck each

 

That engine dolly is nice, but if your gonna be doing internals or an oil pan gasket you need an engine stand.

 

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https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=263598

 

question for you guys. i just bought my engine stand and serached on here and found out that I needed 12x1.25. well they will not screw into my block for some reason. why is this? and what is the correct length for the top two bolts? I can not screw the bolts I bought in to see how deep they go. I bought the 12x1.25 3inch's long and I am only getting about 3 threads in. Why is this?