Engine stand to engine bolt strength

[Gassed250]

I paid $12 for the set of bolts currently holding the 2J to an engine stand at my workshop.

i would have been happy with $12 ea lol any how it ended up costing me nadda

[Glenno]

They shouldn't - the studs that are (usually, at least) either the back of the engine or front of the bell housing take that load, the bolts just clamp it all together.
But yeah it's not super critical.

I hope you mean dowles

[Momus]

Dowels.

The dowels locate the bell housing, the bolts/studs clamp it and the interface friction created by the bolts being tensioned, not the bolts, studs, or dowels, hold the assembly together against the twisting (or any other) load.

[Billzilla]

I hope you mean dowles

Yeah the name escaped me ....

[nastysven]

At what point do we start discussing removing oil filters?