24-02-2022, 11:11 AM
Years ago, someone gave me a cut down Ruby chassis, mounted on four legs and I have been meaning to make an engine test bed ever since. I collected various other parts, the radiator from a scrap Suzuki Jimny, starter switch from an A35, lawnmower fuel tank, one of those CAV ammeters that flooded the autojumble market some years back and a whole lot of steel angle bar. The last couple of weeks, I got my act together and put things together to run an engine, out of the car.
You might say "isn't it easier to put it in the car?" but this test stand is for use where there isn't a car, for a spare engine or for trying out some esoteric mods. The engine can be removed in side half an hour and put in in under an hour. There's an ammeter to test the dynamo and an oil pressure gauge for the obvious.
Needs a coat of Hammerite now but it's tested and works.
I'm quite pleased with the result, does anyone else have something similar?
You might say "isn't it easier to put it in the car?" but this test stand is for use where there isn't a car, for a spare engine or for trying out some esoteric mods. The engine can be removed in side half an hour and put in in under an hour. There's an ammeter to test the dynamo and an oil pressure gauge for the obvious.
Needs a coat of Hammerite now but it's tested and works.
I'm quite pleased with the result, does anyone else have something similar?