Before I could begin installing the engine
into the 1200 engine bay I want to change over the crossmember. I had a
standard 1200 coupe crossmember that has each tower the same length. To
fit an A14/15 onto this crossmember requires some modification. I got
lazy and bought a crossmember from a post 1974 1200 ute which mounts up
to the later A12 with the dizzy in the middle. This is the same
configuration as the A14,15. I talked a bit about this crossmember in
the last A14 prep pages too.
So change over crossmember. Jack it up put
it on jack stands and loosen off lower control arms
Then undo the four bolts holding in the crossmember and
pull it out!
Now bolt up the new one in reverse - 4 chassis bolts
first then the LCAs
Now jack up the engine and drop it in the engine bay - I
left the car on the car stands so I can easily get underneath to bolt
stuff up.
Got most of the way in, the was having trouble dropping
the front of the engine - so I stuck the jack under the gearbox to push
the front of the engine in.
Sucess - lined up with the engine mounts
Now get some bolts into the gearbox crossmember. I've
got a modified gearbox crossmember here - which bolts right up - with a
standard 60 series 4 spd it might require a bit of mucking around.
Now I'll stick on the manifold I left off before
sticking the engine in the hole.
