Them gutz:
Other than the fly wheel it should sit flat on the ground now. I gotta give the engine stand back today, so can annoy tell me if there's any harm in setting the motor down on a stack of beach towels? Or if you got a better Idea I'm all ears, I'm not sure what the stripped block weighs.
I may attempt to break apart the block after its set down. I get how you do it on an EJ22 but on this guy I'm guessing that needle nose pliers aren't going to reach the middle rods...