Gentlemen,
MY apologies for what will be a really dumb question to some, but I am a virgin at this.
I have been slowly building up the engine on an Super Cheap Auto's engine stand. All going well, but not sure when I should be planning to transfer the engine onto the chassis. The block without head, flywheel , ancillaries and transmission seems handleable with the equipment I have. So should I put the engine into the chassis and then fit the remaining parts without fear of breaking something along the way, or should I be fitting as much as I can to the engine while it is on the stand and then risk trying to manhandle a far heavier engine into the chassis with the fairly light-weight gear I have at home?
My preference is get it into the chassis while it is fairly light and then mount the head, manifolds, alternator, starter etc, while it is in the car.
However this raises another concern about the engine mounts. Is it OK to to put the engine in with only the front engine mounts, and attached the transmission with its mounts some time later?
IN other words, will the engine sit happily just on the front pair of mounts alone or am I likely to damage something doing that?
I had help getting the the engine out along with the transmission and most ancillary parts attached, but we had access to a fork Lift, which make life easy and safe. This time I don't have a fork lift and will be relying on a block and tackle, at home and most likely alone.
many thanks for any advice
regards
Jeff
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