[TR] Preparing the babies to come home

[McGaheyRx at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/11/2010 1:06:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
davidt at opentext.com writes:

In order  to
move the spit I need to remove the jack; so here are the  questions:

1/ can the engine mounts hold a gt6 motor without the jack  ok?  At least
initially
2/ once the spit is on the trailer can she  be transported without rear
motor support?
 
 
 
NO and NO
 
but, thanks to a DPO, I have trailered a GT6 with engine in it and no  
gearbox.
DPO had the car sitting in his front yard with no gearbox in it - if I  
remember correctly (its been about 20 years) the DPO had the rear of the engine 
 supported by a 1x3 across the frame rails or floor pans (i don't remember 
which)  - we loaded the car like that and trailered it a short distance, 
then put  the gearbox back in it before trailering a couple hundred miles home.
 
You should be able to jack the rear of the engine up a little more and then 
 support the rear of the engine with something across frame rails or floor  
pans (i don't remember which) - I'd use a hefty piece of angle iron rather  
than a small board.  
 
Cheers,
Jack Mc