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I got to feel and play with one first hand and felt how nice it turned. You can adjust the tension on it so it will turn as easy or as hard as you want it. A little expensive but seems well worth it. Check out the web site.


http://www.cmproductsstands.com/



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OUCH..........not in my forseeable future but it would be nice to have bearings and a brake in the pivot tube.

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First glimpse I thought it looked like all the others, but it's whats inside that brings the price up. I bet it doesn't sag either.

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For $500 I would hope not! I'm just trying to find a nice engine dolly for the 383, I don't have room or want it sitting on a stand for the next few years.

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Those are overkill for the guy at home. But would be nice for the engine builder that can put it to use constantly.

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I still would bet my home-built one turns easier.

Mine has a SBC flex-plate welded on it with a bracket out to a hand-crank with a starter gear... works great, and I can turn over an all-iron BBC with one hand.

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Derek69SS wrote:

Mine has a SBC flex-plate welded on it with a bracket out to a hand-crank with a starter gear... works great, and I can turn over an all-iron BBC with one hand.


Derek,

  Post a pix of this engineering marvel sounds pretty cool.

 



-- Edited by dashboard on Sunday 16th of January 2011 03:26:55 PM

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Yeah.. Lets see it.

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Alright, finally got some pics today... built it in High School shop class.





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Looks easy enough to modify an existing stand to your design. Is that a 153 or 168 tooth flex plate...wink

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I think it's a 153... can't remember, and I'm not going to count the teeth. :D

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Derek69SS wrote:

I think it's a 153... can't remember, and I'm not going to count the teeth. :D



I'll have to keep watch for an used flex plate at a swap meet this summer. I don't keep automatic parts around here.  I DO have about 6 used starters to rob a drive gear out of.

 



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Mitch D.   River Falls, WI

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Mitch, I think I have a small 153 flywheel around here somewhere. If I can find it you can have it.

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67ss wrote:

Mitch, I think I have a small 153 flywheel around here somewhere. If I can find it you can have it.




That would be cool.....smile

 



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Now that is a brilliant piece of requirement driven engineering; quick run to the Patent office. Yesterday we used three guys to roll Stan’s BB with only one head on.

I nominate this for the club home made Car Tool Gadget (CTG) of the year award.


-- Edited by dashboard on Monday 31st of January 2011 09:33:48 AM

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Lost in the 60s wrote:

67ss wrote:

Mitch, I think I have a small 153 flywheel around here somewhere. If I can find it you can have it.




That would be cool.....smile

 



 If not, I know John D has one as he had one of each at Karl's and I bought the 168 one for a friend late in the afternoon.



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