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[crazy'boutOlds]

Can anyone tell me what the wire is that was bolted to the transmission case on this car? The motor was a 229 chevy 3.8.
It looks just like a negative battery cable, but goes under neath the car.

 

[CartmanTD]

It is an additional engine ground wire. It should run from the bellhousing to the frame rail. It isn't required but extra ground wires can never hurt in my opinion

 

[crazy'boutOlds]

well, I got my engine side mounts today. They are the same style as the previous ones. I guess it just wasn't supposed to be. I'll just stick to what I'm comfortable with.

 

[mattyg412]

The engine mounts for a 3.8 229 Chevy are probably the same as for small block Chevy because the 229 is a 305 with 2 cylinders cut off like how the 4.3 Chevy v6 is a 350 with 2 cylinders cut off.

 

[tdvick]

Are you positive that you have the correct frame side mounts and they are in the correct location.

 

[tdvick]

I picked up new frame side mounts from Summit for about $6 each

 

[crazy'boutOlds]

yep. That's what it looks like in my engine bay.

 

[tdvick]

Did you buy Pontiac specific frame side mounts? I doesn't make sense that it won't drop in. The Firebird mounts should have lined up too. The motor would have just set a little higher. You sure you don't want to give its little closer look to see why it's not fitting?

 

[crazy'boutOlds]

I had to purchased adapters to fit the engine side mounts. I have a 69 Pontiac 350 with only two mount holes. I don't know if that's the issue or not.

 

[tdvick]

I suppose that could be the problem. I would think that no matter how good the design is, it's not going to fit as well as bolting directly to the block.