Hey fellas, I'm finally in the stage of dropping my new 383 motor. Its already sitting inside and the motor is about 5 or 6 inches away from being flush with the tranny, but were finding it somewhat hard to make the connection. Any advice on how to finish joining them? Do we just rattle the motor all the way in?

Its an 89 manual transmission Iroc-Z. Thanks!!

 

dist out is easier,but kinda gotta play with it shimmy it around i would try to aim for motor mounts lining up first then trans will be a little easier,when i took my 305 out took a 2 hours by my self(first time)and about 3 hours to have it in and retiming it(first time)

 

I like to grab a couple of long bolts that will thread into the block, and cut the heads off and use those as long azz guide pins to make it allot easier.

 

It's VERY easy if you put the clutch on the motor, and the bell housing with the fork and TOB on the transmission.

The long bolts are a VERY good idea. Make it almost fool-proof. ACtually, almost even ME-proof!

And of course don't try it with the dist installed, you will end up breaking something.

 

thanks guys. the wiggling did help but in the end it was a pair of clamps that sealed them together. good deal

 

FWIW, if I'm pulling the engine, I pull the tranny with it. It's so much easier to re-attach them when they are out of the vehicle.