Next, Chapter 2!!!


The motor is back in engine compartment. Oh God, at last.
I have been reading and hearing the opinion about putting a motor back with or without the tranny attached.
I don't see any big deal (As for as the U20 goes). This is for the people who have never done it. I had planned "this day" for while in my head.
-Remove the upper half of the distributor, the entire intake, and the entire exhaust. (In my case they were alreday off because it was a complete tear down the lock washers)
-Jack up the tranny underneath and press it up against the hoses just barely before touching the car's body.
-The U20 slid right in.
-Bolt the upper half of the distributor, the entire intake, and the entire exhaust back on.
Did I mention the steering column shaft was not removed the whole time? Took me 15 minutes to slide mount it in.

The two upper bolt at the top are a bit tight to bolt in but not impossble. Just make sure the bolts are already in the tranny bolt holes before you mount the engine.
Hindsight, it would have been easier to put the motor back in without the head and valve cover too to avoid the tight area the 2 upper bolts had. This will be done the on the next rebuild - hopefully decades away
Tomorrow I will put in the lower two bolts and starter, and my "Harlee" is being towed home for the final phases.
You need 2 people to do the job. One to move/operate the picker (in my case the forklift) the other to "hold" the floating exhaust header while guiding the motor in.
The exhaust header has to be detached from the motor for the motor to slide in smoothly becuase the header has to in the area where it belongs. If the motor is in before header the header will not go down between the motor and frame.