Has anybody had a hard time when doing an engine swap?
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF STAMPED STEEL BLOCK BRACKETS THAT PLACE YOUR ENGINE ON THE CLAMSHELLS!
I'm closing in on the end of my big block chevy swap in my Cutlass which started life as an Olds 307. This has been strung out over 7 years due to funds, children, etc... anyhow I hope this little tidbit could save someone else some time and some headaches. Of course I had to find this out the hard way. Fortunatly I had the another set of brackets that were what I needed. Although they really look the same. You have to put them side by side or break out a ruler to get the differance and unfortunatly for me - experiance was the only way to learn. After getting home from work Thursday - lowering the big block, walking back and forth from my small block EL Camino and then spending the rest of the evening saying all of those really nice 4 letter words to no-one but the garage walls.
I finally walked away from the big block sitting in the engine bay saying to myself ?????
I then went inside and spent a couple of hours searching online before i passed out, got up went to work and went online again on my phone whenever I could. I still had no answer to my friggin question! DOES GM MAKE 2 DIFFERENT MOUNTS? Nowhere did I find an answer. Some things you just have to do yourself if you want them done right. I'm glad I keep some of that "crap" laying around. YES! They do! Passenger car and 1 ton truck ( ie.. my 1974 donor GMC Suburban) My luck of course! I lifted the engine Saturday morning, swapped the mount brackets and the engine went right in! I'm glad I've got this solved.
I wonder whats next
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF STAMPED STEEL BLOCK BRACKETS THAT PLACE YOUR ENGINE ON THE CLAMSHELLS!
I'm closing in on the end of my big block chevy swap in my Cutlass which started life as an Olds 307. This has been strung out over 7 years due to funds, children, etc... anyhow I hope this little tidbit could save someone else some time and some headaches. Of course I had to find this out the hard way. Fortunatly I had the another set of brackets that were what I needed. Although they really look the same. You have to put them side by side or break out a ruler to get the differance and unfortunatly for me - experiance was the only way to learn. After getting home from work Thursday - lowering the big block, walking back and forth from my small block EL Camino and then spending the rest of the evening saying all of those really nice 4 letter words to no-one but the garage walls.
I finally walked away from the big block sitting in the engine bay saying to myself ?????
I then went inside and spent a couple of hours searching online before i passed out, got up went to work and went online again on my phone whenever I could. I still had no answer to my friggin question! DOES GM MAKE 2 DIFFERENT MOUNTS? Nowhere did I find an answer. Some things you just have to do yourself if you want them done right. I'm glad I keep some of that "crap" laying around. YES! They do! Passenger car and 1 ton truck ( ie.. my 1974 donor GMC Suburban) My luck of course! I lifted the engine Saturday morning, swapped the mount brackets and the engine went right in! I'm glad I've got this solved.
I wonder whats next