JohnB
05-22-2014, 05:49 PM
I'm preparing for the installation of my complete FE motor/Toploader transmission into my Mark IV chassis.
I have a load leveler hoist so that I can easily angle this combo into the chassis.
However, since the cylinder heads on this engine only have drilled and tapped holes on only one end face of the heads (on the left front end face where the coil mounts) and then on the REAR end face of the right side head, I'm looking for suggestions on the best place to mount the hoist chains. If the heads had tapped holes on BOTH head end surfaces, I would be set, but they don"t.
The engine has been completely set up, adjusted and run prior to my receiving it. It has the twin four barrel carbs on an aluminum intake manifold. I want to put the engine in without disassembling anything, especially the carbs, fuel log and linkages. And I am reluctant to use the intake manifold bolts because I'm concerned about the load it might put on the aluminum manifold and the chains running into carbs and other stuff when installing at an angle.
How have you guys attached the hoist chains to your motors when installing the engine trans?
I'm just looking for a method that's been proven to work. Thanks in advance!
I have a load leveler hoist so that I can easily angle this combo into the chassis.
However, since the cylinder heads on this engine only have drilled and tapped holes on only one end face of the heads (on the left front end face where the coil mounts) and then on the REAR end face of the right side head, I'm looking for suggestions on the best place to mount the hoist chains. If the heads had tapped holes on BOTH head end surfaces, I would be set, but they don"t.
The engine has been completely set up, adjusted and run prior to my receiving it. It has the twin four barrel carbs on an aluminum intake manifold. I want to put the engine in without disassembling anything, especially the carbs, fuel log and linkages. And I am reluctant to use the intake manifold bolts because I'm concerned about the load it might put on the aluminum manifold and the chains running into carbs and other stuff when installing at an angle.
How have you guys attached the hoist chains to your motors when installing the engine trans?
I'm just looking for a method that's been proven to work. Thanks in advance!