{"id":710,"date":"2020-06-29T09:28:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/?p=710"},"modified":"2020-06-29T09:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:29:43","slug":"motor-mount-phase-one-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"Motor Mount Phase One: Complete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/piwigo.putrescence.org\/i.php?\/upload\/2020\/06\/29\/20200629075226-60f9d2f3-la.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The engine\/transmission portion of the engine-side front motor mount bracket is all put together and ready.  The bolt holes all line up, even though the bolts themselves need to be replaced with ones that aren&#8217;t quite so lengthy.  The coupler nut was used as a spacer and rather than trying to hold it carefully while cutting it, I welded it up first and then ground it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/piwigo.putrescence.org\/i.php?\/upload\/2020\/06\/29\/20200629075245-c547d296-la.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Coupler welded to the bracket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/piwigo.putrescence.org\/i.php?\/upload\/2020\/06\/29\/20200629075307-1a269ce6-la.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Coupler made to fit the gap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the size was correct, I put it in the drill press and drilled the coupler out to 1\/2&#8243; and as the first picture in this update shows, the gap is filled in nicely with a little bit of steel.  Oh, and I did go all the way around &#8211; including the ends &#8211; and grind off the zinc coating before I hit it with the MIG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next step is to get the engine secured into place where I want it to actually sit and then bolt up an old body-side front motor mount that I&#8217;ve got hanging around.  With some cardboard, I should be able to find a good path for the braces that will go up to the engine-side bracket.  From the side, it should wind up looking something like this (not to scale):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"382\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2.png 382w, https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The brace will be angle iron and there will be some additional bracing done to that of course.  At the top, the bracing will terminate in upside-down angle with some gussets along the top to provide strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know I&#8217;ve missed a bunch of events so far this year, but it is starting to come together!  Finally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engine\/transmission portion of the engine-side front motor mount bracket is all put together and ready. The bolt holes all line up, even though the bolts themselves need to be replaced with ones that aren&#8217;t quite so lengthy. The coupler&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/?p=710\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turdbo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.putrescence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}