I thought the same thing when doing my engine refresh. If you plan on doing the timing chains and tensioners you cannot bolt it to the bell housing bolt holes as normal because the timing components are in the back of the engine. I was able to think about that before I bought one. I had to sit my engine down on a bench with blocks of wood on the outside edges of the oil pan to hold it firm while doing the timing chain replacement See Pic.
This is the block screwed down to the bench top Front view
wood block front .jpg
Here's the points you could use to bolt the engine stand on when the timing cover is installed or off. You would have to remove the "flywheel" and the duel mass torque converter. If when you separate your transmission from the engine you most likely will remove the bolts from the duel mass clutch that attach it to the flywheel. The flywheel stays with the engine bolted to the crank. If you are not doing the Timing chains then I guess the flywheel can stay attached to the crank. You may have to make spacers with pipe and use metric threaded rod to reach your bolting points. Metric threaded rod is easy to get and cut to the needed length. You see in the below pic the bolting points. If attached this way then you can use the rotation of the stand to do oil pan work etc. This pic also shows the wood block at the rear and sides of the oil pan outer lip.
bolt points with timing cover on.jpg
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Originally Posted by Smac770
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