[DeTomaso] Installing 3-bolt Aerostar motors using Mike Dailey's 4-bolt install plan - questions

[Mike & Elizabeth]

Has anyone out there used Mike Dailey's installation guide on his website
for the 4-bolt Aerostar motors to install a set of the 3-bolt motors?  

 

I've ordered and received a pair of 3-bolt motors from Autozone.  Reason I
ask is that the one bolt hole that his instructions say to use as the guide,
the #2 bolt at the top of the gear housing, is the one missing from the
3-bolt motor.  Also, his plan does not utilize the #4 bolt, the one at the
bottom closest to the drive shaft from the motor, since it has three others.
In the 3-bolt install, I'll have to spec out where to drill for the #4 bolt
as I doubt 2 bolts would be sufficient to secure the motor/drive gear
assembly.

 

I think I can make it happen but would appreciate any first-hand experience
here.

 

Thanks

Mike Thomas

6328

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   Has anyone out there used Mike Dailey's installation guide on his
   website for the 4-bolt Aerostar motors to install a set of the 3-bolt
   motors?


   I've ordered and received a pair of 3-bolt motors from Autozone.
   Reason I ask is that the one bolt hole that his instructions say to use
   as the guide, the #2 bolt at the top of the gear housing, is the one
   missing from the 3-bolt motor.  Also, his plan does not utilize the #4
   bolt, the one at the bottom closest to the drive shaft from the motor,
   since it has three others.  In the 3-bolt install, I'll have to spec
   out where to drill for the #4 bolt as I doubt 2 bolts would be
   sufficient to secure the motor/drive gear assembly.


   I think I can make it happen but would appreciate any first-hand
   experience here.


   Thanks

   Mike Thomas

   6328