Mike arrived at my shop with his son, CSX Cobra on the trailer and 427 s.o. motor / TKO 600 trannie in the back of the truck. And other parts.
The motor has two four barrels installed so we used an engine leveler with a chain hooked to the drive side front of the head and the passenger side rear of the head.
We were missing the pressure plate bolts so we installed the motor with flywheel only. When we finish I think the fact that we did not have the bell housing on may have made it easier.
Short story
What worked;
install the passenger side motor mount by bolting it to the block loose and to the frame loose. Lower motor into engine compartment. Set the passenger side mount onto the frame and install the nut / lock washer loose.
raise the front of the motor and push it back onto the driver side mount. Then using the engine leveler we dropped the front driver side of the motor so we could get the bolts into the mount. The
oil pan has to clear the frame cross member and it does this by 3/8" "after" the motor sits into it's final resting place. By raising the front of the motor and then pushing it back, that helps the
oil pan to clear the cross member. For an hour we thought we had the wrong mounts or we were going to have to cut the cross member out.
What did not work was the passenger side mount in place and trying to twist the motor so we could bolt up the driver side mount. We could not do that because the
oil pan was hitting the cross member on the passenger side. Thus we had to raise the front of the motor and drop it back into place.
Once the motor is close, you place the driver side mount so you can get the "bottom" bolt in first. Then the top bolt and then the nut/lock washer onto the stud that bolts it to the frame.
Then you can lower (the last 1/4" to 3/8") the motor onto the mounts. We placed a 3/4" thick piece of wood between the cross member and oil pan for the ride back to Huntsville. Tighten all the bolts and nuts.
The motor is about 1/2' off the passenger side footbox. You should pad this area if do not want cut or scrapes.
Mike will install the pressure plate, bell housing and trannie at his place. I don't think the pressure plate/clutch we be hard to install nor the bell housing, but the trannie may cause a problem.
We need to get his report after he installs the trannie.
I hope this helps. I'm not good at communicating with the written language.
Dwight
What took hours today we could do again it 20 to 30 minutes.
All most forgot; three man job. One on the lift, one on each side of the motor to watch so you don't tear up anything. CLOSE fit!