Finally received the correct bolts to mount the engine on the stand- turns out M10 and M12 80mm bolts are hard to find in class 10.9 (equivalent to grade 8- sturdy enough to hold the weight of the whole engine on 4 of them).
Olivia attaches the mounting plate attached using said class 10.9 bolts. I torqued them to about 60 ft-lbs which is what the transmission-to-engine mounting bolts get, figured that should be good.
Then we positioned it, slipped the plate stock into the stand, and lowered the weight off the hoist, and the $65 Harbor Freight engine stand holds it! Not rock-solid, but the first thing we'll be doing is removing a bunch of bolt-on stuff from the engine which will lighten it a lot.
And here is is on the stand, ready for work!
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