Hey folks, The 235 engine mounts are different from a car to a truck. I need to use the timing plate from the car engine, as the truck engine timing plate no longer has the oiler tube for the crank gear. I need to duplicate the holes from the truck timing plate on the car timing plate. My question is: how much "wiggle room" is there with the truck engine mount? I'm certainly going to get the holes as close as possible to the stock location as possible, I'm just wondering how much margin for error I have. Thanks again for all of your help. Damon
As I recall the factory used carriage bolts in the front mount plate which wouldn't give much wiggle room but I'd knock them out, clamp a cardboard strip to the bottom of the truck plate and tap with a ballpeen till holes formed. Move strip over to car plate, mark hole location, and drill. Use hex bolts which can be rocked around some. Used to do this quite a bit but on any engine that has side mount provision we usually fab up some brackets and go that route since the engine is way more stable but then you said you wanted to keep it original looking. Good luck.
Thanks for the reply, Evan. I hadn't considered fabricating side motor mounts to use, as the car set-up would have. Not a bad idea. I suppose I could also consider fabricating an oiler for the truck timing plate. Shouldn't be too difficult to make one and tig weld it into place. Damon
