Channeling Wilton - "Attaboy"! On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 6:49 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote:
> These are all fine and dandy ideas, guys, but since the mount is a rubber > part and there’s no way to gain any sort of purchase to speak of on the top > side o fit when it’s installed, none of these suggestions are viable. And > yes, I used a punch to try and get things lined up, but as soon as I would > withdraw it from the opening the mount would move back out of position. > > Remember, you’re also working through an opening that’s about 1” in > diameter dealing with a hole that about 3” deep in the crossmember, too. > > I ended up lifting the engine slightly, just enough to take some of the > weight off the mount,, then using a large crescent wrench on the bosses of > the mount, pulling the mount over to line things up while simultaneously > running the bolt in with a long extension and a socket. > > Took some major gyrating but it worked, that’s all that matters. > > The car idles so nicely I can’t believe it. I think it would easily pass > the champagne glass test if the hood didn’t have such an angle to it. > > -D > > > > On Jun 8, 2019, at 7:40 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > An appropriate size hammer is often persuasive also. > > > > Craig via Mercedes wrote on 6/8/19 6:31 PM: > >> On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 18:07:26 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> That is what tapered punches are for. > >> Iron workers regularly use a large version of that for lining things up > >> right ... > >> > >> > >> Craig > >> > >>> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote on 6/8/19 9:28 AM: > >>>> Sounds like fun. I hate it when things don't line up *quite* right > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
