The engine was attached to a pallet with support boards so we had to first unhook it away from the pallet. We then attached any items that needed to be attached to the engine, such as engine mounts, starter etc. We also removed the transmission shifter arm from the transmission and the breather cover, so that they won't be damaged during engine install.
We had the engine hooked up and thought we would make a dry run installing it to see if we were going to have any problems. We got it up in the air over the car and all was looking good and we decided, hey what the heck, we already have it lined up so lets give it a go. Well we were doing really well when we realized that the brackets we attached to the engine to lift it with were going to hit the firewall and not let us get the engine in place.
So we had to pull the engine back up out of the car and set it down on the floor to allow us to better adjust the lift brackets to not interfere with the install. At that point we decided that was good enough for the day and set it aside for install tomorrow morning.
Here the engine is still attached to the pallet with metal straps.
Here we have the engine lifted off of the pallet.
Here we have installed the drivers side motor mount, gold looking
thing, and are looking at how to install the starter on the passenger's side.
Starter and motor mount installed on the passenger side.
OK, here we have the engine ready to give it a go at install test.
Starting to position the engine and tranny for install.
We realize here that we have an issue with clearance and have to stop the install.
Car and motor put away ready for another go at it tomorrow.
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