[6pack] Re-installing engine/trans rear mount w/OD

[Bud Rolofson]

Doug,

Don't know about the right technique for installing the engine/tranny  
lump.  But one thing I'm certain you want to do now and not later is  
install this ground cable (Moss # 736-270 Cable Assembly, negative to  
earth ) especially if you ever intend to in the future.  This is the  
stock round braided ground cable.  On a whim I decided that I'd change  
to the round cable versus the flat cable I had on there.  Big  
Mistake...with the engine and tranny in the car.  It took me literally  
hours to even figure out how I was going to be able to place my hands  
so that I could twist a wrench on the right engine/tranny bolt and nut  
(of which I tried multiple combinations of sockets and extensions and  
etc.)..and then twist it (using a torque wrench) back the other way so  
that it was tight enough because after all this is an engine/tranny  
bolt.  Because of the placement of the grommets on the cable there's  
little choice of engine/tranny bolts to use.

I've turned a lot of wrenches on my car but this was by far the most  
challenging and time consuming thing I've ever encountered.  I'm  
almost embarrassed to cop to that one.  Don't let it happen to  
you...put the stock ground cable on BEFORE you install the engine/ 
tranny.


Bud Rolofson

71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost parts)
66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph Support Vehicle)
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On Sep 19, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Douglas Morris wrote:

> Okay, I got this here engine/tranny lump all ready to reinstall.
>
> Last time I did it about six years ago, I had a heckuva time gettin'
> the rear mount hardware assembled to the OD and frame
> in what one would call a dignified manner.
> (see old TRF Catalog Vol-1, p.18, Plate AG, bottom-center, #48-59,
> with spacers)
>
> I'm doin' this by myself, so extra pry bars, wrenches, and alignment
> advice are not gonna be handy.
>
> Is there a genuine, no-kiddin', sure-fired way to do this?
>
> Doug M
> '74 TR6 CF 18XXX OU. That's *with* OD.
> NC
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