Major progress this weekend (by my standards, at least). I had to trim some of the metal floor of the transmission tunnel, but I got the engine and transmission level. I’ll need to fabricate a transmission support, and at some point add a cross brace of some type.
A few issues though… the engine wasn’t quite straight because the ‘side hump’ of the transmission touches the tunnel wall. I added a few washers to the left side engine mount. This straightened things out, but now the oil filter base thingy makes contact with the driver’s footwell. (Please pardon my highly technical terminology)
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One potential solution is to cut out a hole in the side of the tunnel just big enough for the side hump to fit into, then make a small aluminum box that’s a half inch to one inch deep to cover the hole. Not my dream solution. Rather than drilling into the transmission tunnel, I’d like to find an alternate oil filter mount with a remote oil filter setup. This would avoid drilling another hole and also alleviate the other problem… with the intake and carbs bolted on, changing the oil filter will be a huge PITA.