Engine and Gearbox fit
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:53 pm
As you are all aware I got my engine and gearbox in the Plus 2's early spyder chassis a little while ago. So I was happily messing around doing the brake lines and fuel line, when I came across the voting which showed the right way round for the gearbox mount. Ah ha I thought, maybe that's why my gearbox tail is so close to the chassis side - so I checked, it was the wrong way round so I swapped it over and got rid of the spacers I'd fitted to the gearbox mount cross member.
And of course when everything was tightened up, the offside of the gearbox tail casings is really tight to the chassis where it enters the centre section. Doh.
Now something is not quite right here, so I've taken some shots of the engine mounts and gearbox to see if anyone can see what I've done wrong - 'cos I must have something out. As I said its a Spyder chassis, early one (numbers is around 450). I've got new rubber engine mounts and chassis mounts from Spyder, the chassis mounts are the right way round (assuming Spyder stamped them correctly) - I'm not sure about the engine rubber mounts - hence the pictures!
Picture 1 shows the closeness of the gearbox to the LHS of the chassis
and the next two pics show the engine mounts - the question is are they the right way round?
Looking forward to some suggestions before I whip of the engine mounts and swap them around.......
And of course when everything was tightened up, the offside of the gearbox tail casings is really tight to the chassis where it enters the centre section. Doh.
Now something is not quite right here, so I've taken some shots of the engine mounts and gearbox to see if anyone can see what I've done wrong - 'cos I must have something out. As I said its a Spyder chassis, early one (numbers is around 450). I've got new rubber engine mounts and chassis mounts from Spyder, the chassis mounts are the right way round (assuming Spyder stamped them correctly) - I'm not sure about the engine rubber mounts - hence the pictures!
Picture 1 shows the closeness of the gearbox to the LHS of the chassis
and the next two pics show the engine mounts - the question is are they the right way round?
Looking forward to some suggestions before I whip of the engine mounts and swap them around.......