Inline four cylinder engines with exhaust manifolds and flywheel weigh in
at ~250lbs.  Just the block is under 150lbs.

I have found engine stands are too large for the VW engines!  I got my
machine shop to make a ring that is the same size as the bellhousing and
weld nuts onto that so the "fingers" on the engine stand can spread out far
enough and evenly.

Personally I would look into getting a new 1.9L engine and installing it...
75hp is a lot better than 48!

At 10:04 PM 02/04/2000 -0400, Cesar Baptista wrote:
>
> I have two spare 1.6's that I wish to rebuild work on.
>
> Is it necessary to get an engine stand to rebuild them?  If so what should
>I look for, brand name or just weight capacity?  How much does a 1.6 deisel
>engine weigh anyway?   shop tools?  How about VW-specific tools (like
>timing and compression tools)?
>
>

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