Jeff R
Well Known Member
So I thought I would take a break from pounding on the canopy and get the engine mounted. Taking advice from some locals, I decided to mount the engine to the mount first. It is hard finding people to help this time of year and I thought I could do this alone.
Well, it hardly seems that the Dynafocal mount fits quite right. The only way I can get the screws even barely into the engine is to insert them at a highly skewed angle. It appears the only way to get them in would be to pound them with a hammer, leaving the rubber shock mounts highly distorted from the misalignment, not to mention the screws would be digging into the engine hole.
I tried putting the top bolts in first, but it is like the mount is about 1/2" too short. Then I tried putting them in the bottom first and had the same problem. Then I put one bolt in the upper left and tried to fit one in the lower, opposite corner, but again, I had to skew the bolts at an angle to get it to just barely go in the hole and the bolts were just barely in the holes.
I don't see how the mount could be bad as they make these things in a jig, nor would the engine be mis-drilled, so it has to be me. So, what am I doing wrong? I can't possible see how the bolts could be inserted if I had put the mount to the firewall first.
I suppose I will try to get a local expert to come out, but I thought maybe someone could tell me where I am obviously messing up. Oh, the spark plug wires on the left side were in the way, but I unscrewed them from the plugs and they are no longer a factor.
Thanks.
Well, it hardly seems that the Dynafocal mount fits quite right. The only way I can get the screws even barely into the engine is to insert them at a highly skewed angle. It appears the only way to get them in would be to pound them with a hammer, leaving the rubber shock mounts highly distorted from the misalignment, not to mention the screws would be digging into the engine hole.
I tried putting the top bolts in first, but it is like the mount is about 1/2" too short. Then I tried putting them in the bottom first and had the same problem. Then I put one bolt in the upper left and tried to fit one in the lower, opposite corner, but again, I had to skew the bolts at an angle to get it to just barely go in the hole and the bolts were just barely in the holes.
I don't see how the mount could be bad as they make these things in a jig, nor would the engine be mis-drilled, so it has to be me. So, what am I doing wrong? I can't possible see how the bolts could be inserted if I had put the mount to the firewall first.
I suppose I will try to get a local expert to come out, but I thought maybe someone could tell me where I am obviously messing up. Oh, the spark plug wires on the left side were in the way, but I unscrewed them from the plugs and they are no longer a factor.
Thanks.