Thanks for all the advice! I'll probably try to install it with everything
already bolted on. I do have a leveler but forgot to mention that I'm doing
it "old school" with an overhead beam and come-along and rolling the car
forward as the engine goes in. (And doing it by myself) Came out that way
and wasn't too much of an issue. On second thought, I'm going to rent a
cherry picker for $25 and call a buddy or two. The beer and pizza will cost
more than the cherry picker, but will be money well spent.
Heli-coil saved my bacon on a stripped out cam tower stud in my head.
Couldn't get the 13 lbs of torque on the nut without the stud spinning so
Heli-coil to the rescue. Worked like a charm...
Cheers!
Ken
Bellingham, WA
> From: mark@dealermats.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:11:56 -0400
> To: gboone70@yahoo.com
> CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] installing u20
>
> I just went through that. The transmission holes were stripped and I had to
> pull everything again. I drilled them out and used bolts with nuts to hold
it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 17, 2011, at 10:50 PM, Gary Boone <gboone70@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > The next time I pull my engine, I'm going to install helicoils in the
> tranny
> > bell housing for the starter bolts. On my last engine re-install, the
> threads
> > in the aluminum bell housing stripped. For my temporary fix then, I
> installed
> > slightly longer bolts.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> ________________________________
> >> From:
> > Tom Hendricksen <tom@datsun2000.com>
> >> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net;
> > noji-1@pacbell.net
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 8:20 PM
> >> Subject: Re:
> > [Roadsters] installing u20
> >>
> >> Ken, the bolts on starter can be a bear, not to
> > mention getting the starter
> >> out and back in again. I use about 3-4' of
> > extensions and place the ratched
> >> ahead of the left front suspension to remove
> > and install the bolts. It
> >> makes things much easier.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> 69 2000 - Mr.
> > Hyde
> >> http://www.datsun2000.com
> >> http://www.nowroc.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/17/2011
> > 12:01:49 PM, dana nojima (noji-1@pacbell.net) wrote:
> >>> Ken,
> >>>
> >>> Have it
> > all together. It is very painful to try to get the other bit
> >>> on after
> >>>
> > the engine is in.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I think that the bolts on the starter can get
> >>> about a 32nd of turn due to all
> >>> the engine/frame restrictions.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I thought
> >>> that someone had a nice write up of the steps getting the
> > engine
> >>> in/out.
> >>> Dana
> >>>
> >>> Dana Nojima
> >>> noji-1@pacbell.net
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