Tightening head bolts on engine stand?

[brian_wagner at sbcglobal.net (Brian Wagner)]

The guy is amazing and the answer was so simple, actually he beat me to it.
 
Brian

Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
Stand on the stand!! (doh!!!)

You know, stand on the legs of the stand, and torque away.

Ron

--- Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> 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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