Posted by Jack Richard on March 21, 1998 at 16:10:06
In Reply to: Installing engine question
posted by Fred Murphy on March 20, 1998 at 02:17:46
Fred D.J., Doug, Joe and Glen are all correct in their advice, but their suggestions apply more to someone re-inserting their engine back into an otherwise assembled car, one with the body already mounted.I assume the body is off your frame, and if it is I would suggest going the extra step of installing the engine and flywheel housing into the frame before the tranny and rear axle are put in.This way you can have the full wieght of the engine supported by the flywheel housing at the rear motor mounts when you check the accuracy of the mounting surface around the edge of this housing using the crank mounted bar, before mounting the flywheel, and also with the flywheel mounted bar across the flywheel after the flywheel is put on. The flywheel housing is very flexible, and the number of shims necessary to trim it true are different mounted on an uninstalled engine compared with having the weight of the engine and flywheel supported in the motormounts.You will have to remove the rear axle and spring to do this, and the transmission also, but if the body is off that's a small amount of extra work compared with what you have already spent!
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