[DeTomaso] Techno question: Really dumb--it's the motor mounts

[Rich]

Also remember to install the steel sleeves that go through the rubber 
mounts.
On one of the cars I bought this sleeve was missing.
Rch
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
To: "'Charles Engles'" <cengles at cox.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Really dumb--it's the motor mounts


> Correct.  And you need to be sure the raised sections fit into the +/- 2"
> hole in the upper mount section when they are bolted together.
>
> With all the motors we've dropped back in in the last couple of years 
> around
> here, it's about evenly split on bolting the mount assembly to the engine
> first or the frame first, but you don't want to try to mate the two pieces
> while dropping the motor, you'll have a devil of a time getting the rubber
> biscuits aligned properly.
>
> Good luck
> Mike Thomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Charles Engles
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 4:57 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Techno question: Really dumb--it's the motor mounts
>
> Dear Forum,
>
>
>                I am about the install the long awaited drivetrain back 
> into
> the Pantera tomorrow.  In preparation, I pulled out the motor mounts and
> then I began fiddling with the black rubber (?) hockey puck things.   I
> couldn't be sure how they went back together.   In fact, I suspect that 
> they
> may have been installed previously, by me, ever so slightly wrong.
>
>                 I pulled out the Pantera Master Parts Catalog and on page 
> 4
> of section 60 it shows the flat side of the pucks mounts to toward the 
> cast
> flat surface of the motor mounts and the contoured, non-flat sides mount
> toward each other.    Is that right?
>
>
>                       Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
>
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