Saturday started out at 35 degrees but Sunny. We had to regroup and find all the tools and get them organized for the install. We had a few things to overcome but made out just fine. We found a stripped bolt in the starter, so we had to scrounge parts from one starter to another. No biggee. Then we changed a bad motor mount on the left side.
Getting the motor to mate up to the transmission was a hassle, but we finally got it to go by removing the oil filter and motor mounts. We were able to get the motor to settle into the right hand mount by using a spud bar. It jumped into place and took a divot from Walt's knuckle. No biggee. Randi patched me up and I was good to go. By the time we had to leave for Church, the motor was in and everything underneath was buttoned up. Tomorrow will be a detail day. We have dozens of connectors and fittings and brackets to figure out.
We are anxious to see if the new motor will fire and run.
Below is the broken motor mount. The inside is sitting on top of the mount.
Here we are testing the starter to make sure the solenoid would work.
One of the starters was shimmed, but we didn't know if the one we used needed the shim. It did.
Then Randi came along to make sure we were doing it right.
End of day 3 we were very happy with our success so far. We can't wait until tomorrow to see if we can get it to run. We'll post a movie of it running if we can.
