In a message dated 1/20/2007 10:43:53 PM Central Standard Time,
banjonut@verizon.net writes:
> Hi folks....a quick question about pulling the engine and gearbox from my
> TR3A. I'm just about ready to remove it but I don't know which front engine
> mount bolts to remove. As I remove the engine, should the mounts stay
> bolted
> to the engine or to the chassis? What's easiest for engine R &R?
>
You will have to detach at least one from the frame. The studs on the engine
side angle in and you can't remove the engine that way. (Well, maybe you can
by deforming the mounts but I don't recomment that.) If you leave one on the
frame it will make installation easier. You can lower the engine onto the
stud and line up the holes on the other side instead of trying to line up both
sides. But that is a subtle detail.
Dave
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