Adrian,
You are going to have to be careful installing the engine and tranny whether
you do it now or later. Send the car off to the body shop w/o the nugget in
there and you have one less "thing" susceptible to overspray. Make sure that
they understand that the engine still needs to be masked, unless you don't care
about overspray in the engine bay.
I have never damaged a car pulling or installing an engine and tranny in a
"good" engine bay.
Bear in mind however, that installation is akin to threading a needle.
I have always wanted to know how they slapped these babys together on the
production line. (Oh! That comment brings to mind an old Far Side cartoon.)
Jay Fishbein, CT
AN-5
HAN-6
Innocenti-S
On 02/03/99 18:01:59 you wrote:
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>Here's another question: I was thinking about putting the engine back
>in (but the car still wouldn't run) and sending it to the paint shop so I
>wouldn't get the car scratched up putting the engine in later. Do any of you
>have opinions about that? Should I just go ahead and send the
>car off to be painted engine-less, therefore making the job easier on
>the paint crew, or should I wait until I get the engine back in (the
>engine bay has already been painted)? Anybody have bad experiences
>scratching paint? The reason I ask is because the paint guy isn't busy
>right now and can get it done quicker than he could later this spring...
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>adrian
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