Engine mounted on test stand

I now have the engine mounted on the test stand that I built. I am still working on getting everything hooked up.

I have a 6 volt fuel pump set up drawing fuel from the small red can. I have an exhaust hooked up through a pipe and muffler I got from a wrecker. A 6 volt battery is mounted on the other side and connected to the ignition switch and works as it should.
Currently I have the generator in  pieces. I just purchased some new brushes from the US which I will put into the generator and then put back together and mount it.  It will probably take me a couple of months to set up the rest of the components as my wife is due to have a baby in one week.

Engine test stand

I decided I need an engine test stand to mount the Pontiac engine onto. To do this I needed to buy a welder. I chose a Lincoln MIG welder as shown in the next photo.
After procuring all the steel I needed from a local engineering firm it took me many hours of measuring, cutting, welding, grinding and painting to come up with the final product. However the experience was good and armed with new skills for the future. You need to be able to weld if involved in restoring cars.


The engine test stand under construction.

Although not entirely completed the finished stand is starting to look quite good.


I was originally going to set up the test stand and convert the electrics to 12 volts however I have backed off this idea because of cost. I would need to buy a new alternator, fuel pump, battery etc and after thinking about it would prefer to test the engine using all the components that will eventually go back into the car. That is the idea of having a test stand. I also purchased a modern radiator with electric fan however i think I will mount the original radiator (after repair) and belt driven fan.

So the next step is to mount the engine on the stand and then assemble all the components needed to get it going, including the coil and voltage regulator which I took off the vehicle as follows: