Tightening head bolts on engine stand?

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

If you position yourself correctly, you can use your foot against the the 
wheel of the stand that will want to come towards you...  Sometimes this can 
be easier said than done, but I have done it, and I have seen it done...  As 
for accurate torque settings, the wrench knows what it is doing.  Just listen 
for the click.  As for the 180 degrees, I would think that 5 degrees margin of 
error would be allowable for stretch bolts...  What do you think Larry? 
(tensed)
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Quoting Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>:

> This maybe completely obvious, but I keep thinking about it and worry that
> it's not going to turn out as if it were done in the engine bay.
> 
> So - you have your cylinder head sitting on a block on a stand - that stand
> has _wheels_ on it.  How does one get enough torque to cinch the bolts down
> on a base that's nowhere near as sturdy as being installed in the car...?
> 
> I figured I could just pin the base of the stand against the garage door
> threshold, but I sitll worry that I wouldn't be able to get the _exact_ right
> torque including the 180' turn... especially if I'm having to use one foot
> for leverage on the stand...
> 
> Is it something you just need a strong friend for? Should it be tightened to
> the right torque and then hoisted into the engine bay and then torqued the
> 180'? (this method seems the _most_ plausible, but still sketchy in my
> mind...)
> 
> I just don't want to get it done and then realize I f*cked it up....   :)
> 
> Thanks, JT
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