Pretty simple question, shows my green-ness, but I don't want to screw this up. I'm guessing you run some bolts through some of the bell housing holes and bolt those to the engine stand.

My concern is that the part of the housing where the starter mounts doesn't look strong enough to support the gynormous 5 cylinder diesel with that sort of leverage applied.

Am I over-thinking this one?

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