I got tranny in and 3 housing bolts down and tranny mount installed. I can't get the rear engine mounting bracket to line up with the tranny. The bracket needs to come about a half inch towards front of car. I tried prying the bracket but it wont budge. What is trick here. DO i need to loosen up the 3 housing bolts and take off teh tranny mount to get it to line up? Or do i need to loosen up rear engine mount?
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Auto or manual? Are you swapping in something different?
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In general, you’ll want to loosen your engine mounts to allow for some play. Put a well-padded jack under your oil pan to lift it some. That should allow you to get all your mounts aligned and tight. Just don’t force anything. You don’t want to strip any threads. If things don’t tighten back up easily, readjust.
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am changing out trannies. Stock tranny swap. It is a manual. I thought there might be a trick or something to lineup that bracket bolt. Will loosen everything up and try again when it is cool tonight. Honestly i am not even sure there were those dowels that line it up when putting tranny in. It was a bitch getting it up in there. I didn't force the bolts in but they were not exactly easy getting them in which i thought it would slide right in.Originally posted by deevergote View PostLast edited by zedjr10; 06-18-2021, 05:32 PM.Comment
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Got all bolts unloosened and tranny loose. It still won't line up with the rear engine mount bracker. All 3 bolt holes needs to come forward to front about a 1/4 to half inch. Do i need to loosen the rear engine mount to bend it forward?Comment
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If the transmission didn’t go on straight, nothing will line up are you sure it’s right? There should be dowels. Sometimes you need to rotate the crank pulley slightly to allow the input shaft splines to line up. Learned that the hard way after a couple painful hours in cpmike’s garage. His mom came out and turned the engine for us at the pulley, and the transmission just slid right in!
you have everything loose, but are you lifting the engine from below?
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Also, make sure you actually have the right transmission. Is the code right for a CB?
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there are dowels, i just didn't remember. It is only the rear engine bracket that needs to come forward. I now got the 2 engine to tranny bolts in but the 3 bolts that are rear engine bracket to tranny i can't get lined up without pulling on the engine mount possibly. I remember when i took out tranny there was alot of tension on mounts and it almost sprang out. The rear engine mount i have been meaning ot change out cause it is a chinese mount i put in 2 years ago that is much stiffer than oem one. I think the only way is to try to bend that mount towards it. Will loosening the bolt right above those 3 bolts that is connecting bracket to actual rear engine mount make it easier to swing that way? What u think? As that is what i was planning next as the bracket must move for it to line up. Everything else is lined up. I was worried on doing that cause i think that bolt is also the only bolt holding the engine to rear engine mount.Originally posted by deevergote View PostComment
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i got teh bracket in. Had to loosen that bolt attaching rear engine bracket to engine and then i could flex it to line up.Comment
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