Making mounts

Getting the engine into place has taken quite a bit of jiggling eventually working out where to position it in relation to the propshafts..

Getting it right means that the original propshafts can be used without modifications., and this means height and position of gearbox is really critical. From experience the sweet spot seems to be that the 101 that the gearbox month on the box are about 2" forward of that on the 101 chassis.
Once engine was hanging in position the first of the gearbox month was made up this was the passenger side one.. To do this the square pattern that mount to the gar box was welded to a length of 10mm bar and drilled to fit the block mounts of the 101 gearbox.

The drivers side was similar a plate was made to fit the gearbox and then bar was used to lineup to the chassis mount.
Tomorrow I will hopefully tackle then engine mounts from what I am seeing I think I can make mounts from the old tdi engine mounts.. We'll see how we get on

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