Hey everone. Im putting my engine back in my t/a. Yes lg4. I just have the chain no adaptor on hoist. So pan hits cross member. How do i get the motor mounts to line up. Hoist wont go back far enough. Trans is attached still. Pulled the together no prob but now cant get back in.

 

I'm assuming you're saying that the engine hoist is hitting on the nose of the car before the engine is lined up where it needs to go. If that's the case, you have to go in from the side with the hoise. I had to do it with mine.

If you're saying the motor mounts don't line up, you may have flipped them left to right.

 

Yeah unless you have a long boom hoist, it will hit bumper of car before you get engine all the way back.

Move the hoist to the side of car. Jack up front of car alittle so hoist legs will go under car, and just install engine from the side.

 

Awesome. thanks guys. Yes hoist hits front bumper and wont go back far enough. Ill move to the side of car tomorrow.

 

Yep that's a PITA and happens on most of all the long front end cars like camaros, firebirds (second and third gens) , corvettes, the older monte carlos, etc.

Back before I bought an extended boom hoist, I got so fed up with the hoist hitting bumpers, I welded in a length of rectangle tube to make my boom longer as most of the cars I would putting engines in was long front end cars.

 

I'll admit it; on a couple old hoists I've drilled an extra hole closer to the end of the boom. ( and was always sure to strip the motor bare to 'lighten the load' BEFORE pulling it ! )

 

it really helps to make some guide pins from all thread. when you have left the trans in the car ,and you are doing it alone. I just screw them into the BH holes and .boy what a difference. but if you mean that your clamshells that bolt to the block wont fit. you MAY have them swapped around. I always mark them BEFORE I start!

 

Thanks for the help guys. I moved the hoist to the side of the car. IT was alot eaiser. Engines sitting in car unbolted. Its raining today so cant do much with it today.