Popping the engine back in problems...
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Just tried to bolt the engine back in place & I am having a bit of difficulty getting the two long bolts back through the chassis & engine cradle. It looks like the chassis has sprung slightly & the holes are just out of alignment, got the lower one in but the top one goes in at an angle & then fouls on the inside of the engine cradle.
Don't tell me I I should of left the cradle in place & just unbolted the engine from the cradle instead?
Also I have a couple of C section washers that fell out of somewhere when the engine came out, I am guessing they were to take up any slack between the lower section of the engine cradle & chassis mounts?
Thanks.
Don't tell me I I should of left the cradle in place & just unbolted the engine from the cradle instead?
Also I have a couple of C section washers that fell out of somewhere when the engine came out, I am guessing they were to take up any slack between the lower section of the engine cradle & chassis mounts?
Thanks.
Do the bolts fit the chassis when the engine isn't in place? just to prove everything is in line. The cradle is normally left on, you could try loosening the cradle bolts to give you a bit of wiggle room. CTM's advice is spot on regarding doing the rears firt.
The "c" washers normally go on the top bolt, they go on the inside of the cradle i.e. they don't go between the cradle and the chassis. As I understand it they stop the cradle from being stressed when the main bolts are done up.
Hope that makes sense, not the easiest thing to explain
The "c" washers normally go on the top bolt, they go on the inside of the cradle i.e. they don't go between the cradle and the chassis. As I understand it they stop the cradle from being stressed when the main bolts are done up.
Hope that makes sense, not the easiest thing to explain
Rob, your advice was spot on. Leant the engine forward out of the chassis & tried the top cradle bolt in the cradle only & it would not go through! The cradle was badly made from new, looks like when the end bush's were welded into the cradle one of them was put in on the piss & that misaligned the bolt so that it hit the inside of the opposite bush.
Had a brain wave & welded a slightly bent bar to the end of the bolt & by turning that round until it lined up & hammering it through it bent the bolt enough to follow it though, phew!
About an hours more work to do & then I shall see if it starts..........
Had a brain wave & welded a slightly bent bar to the end of the bolt & by turning that round until it lined up & hammering it through it bent the bolt enough to follow it though, phew!
About an hours more work to do & then I shall see if it starts..........
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