This happened to me when I dropped my cross member.
As I noted, I jacked the
LAT oil pan up just enough to
take up the engine weight. Its the engine weight
that is
causing problems. Once unweighted, all be cross
member bolts went in
with out issue
Dave
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From:
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To: Theo.Smit@dynastream.com;
mcdangerous@verizon.net; tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010
9:00:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Crossmember Installation Headache: Advice
Needed Please!
I wonder if it's possible that using bad engine mounts could
be pulling
the frame in? By any chance have you tried loosening the mounts?
Mark
In a message dated 7/12/2010 8:45:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Theo.Smit@dynastream.com writes:
If the crossmember and chassis are that
different then it would seem to be
prudent to measure both sets of holes,
compare against the frame
measurement
chart that's in the Tiger shop manual,
and figure out which of the two is
actually out of spec. My crossmember
turned out to be flattened and opened
up
front to back (i.e. the front set
of holes were closer to correct than the
rear set).
Jacking the chassis
rails to fit the crossmember might be the easy way to
make
things bolt in,
but if you're out by over 1/2" then you have little
guarantee
that the
spread you're introducing is even on both sides.
Cheers,
Theo
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Behalf
Of Would U. Believe
[mcdangerous@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 6:16 PM
To:
tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Crossmember Installation Headache:
Advice Needed Please!
Hello all. I have installed the 289 engine and
transmission over this
weekend and have tried to reinstall the crossmember.
Unfortunately, I've
run into a problem. I expected to be able to install
three bolts, set the
car down, causing the weight of the engine to spread the
frame rails enough
to install the fourth bolt. Ah, were it so easy!
As it
turns out, I first installed the passenger side forward bolt. Then I
tried
to install either of the driver side bolts. No way. The holes do
not
match
up. I tried everything for hours. I set the car down, and even
bounced on
it. No luck. Half of the hole is blocked by the frame. So,
to
stabilize it
for now, installed the rear bolt on the passenger side.
Obviously, I have to
figure something out here or I have a nice static
display in my garage, not a
drivable car.
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