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Crossmember first.....put one side on..start the bolts... then you may need to roll the engine a bit to get the other side in...the lip of the oil pan is in the way.
do you have the short V8 engine mounts...(small car)....big car (AMX/Javelin/Rebel etc..) mounts will not work....it can be a bear to get it in ....
good luck..Jim .. PS..leaving Montana for Davenport/Cordova shortly....will not have a computer again untill I get back home in Idaho next week.
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:27:44 -0400, chvyclss wrote
> I have the eng & trans level & in the eng bay. Could it be that the mounts are on the wrong sides? Just a thought. Were your mounts put on the eng or crossmember first?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim <idahoamx@amcya.com>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:29 pm
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: V8 conversion
>
> Larry....
>
> I have had the engine in & out of my Gremlin several times
> and it is never easy....the engine needs to be level and I find
> that it is easier to put the motor mounts on after you get the
> engine down in the engine bay....when I put the 401 in this last
> spring I left the valve covers off gives you a little more room
> against the firewall..also for me I find that it works best with the
> tranny (727) attached..other people do them seperate...but you do not
> have much room...with engine bolted in you have an inch or less
> between the engine and the firewall....it works best if you have a
> helper..
> Jim
>
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@yahoogroups.com, Dennis jr Sinks <dsinks@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I ended up hacking 1/8th off the engine mount studs to get mine in.
> > I still ended up smacking the new paint on the firewall though :(
> >
> > Larry <chvyclss@...> wrote:
> > I have a problem with installing the eng/trans into a
> Gremlin that had
> > an original 6 cyc. I got a V8 front crossmember from John Rosa &
> > replaced the whole front suspension. After lowering the eng into
> the
> > bay the mounts don't line up & the heads are against the firewall.
> The
> > mounts are on the engine & about 1"-2" in front of the crossmember.
> Do
> > I need to keep moving the engine around to make it fit or did I
> install
> > it wrong? This is my first conversion & I'm stumped. Please help
> with
> > any advice. I am really looking forward to getting the Gremlin on
> the
> > road by Xmas. Thanks, Larry in Florida
> >
>
>
>
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