Well I need some expert help on getting the front motor mount measurement right on my 235. Figure 20 in the manual shows where to measure the clearance but the text isn't all that clear to me. It says the clearance is 3/64 to 5/64. Well that converts to .0003/.0005 and I don't have any feeler gauges that small. Is the measurement that critical? I have a new rubber mount and the top and bottom plates have been cleaned and primered. I can put it all together and squeeze it together and the top plate doesn't hit the lower retainer/plate so is that enough or is there some way to get a good measurement? the manual says to measure it without putting a load on it so I'm not sure how to really check it out. Thanks for any recommendations
Your conversions have been mis calculated, 3/64=.046875 or just under 47 thousands and 5/64=.078125 or just over 78 thousands. Or in other words 1/16" plus or minus 1/64" or .015625 for both numbers. The best thing to do though is just put the fu#$in bolts in and go with it....Lol....Big Tim
Fuzzy Math I can't do fancy math so I got the numbers off a conversion chart and I probably read lthe metric side or somethin. I got the message though - I'll bolt it and go with it. Now all I have to do is find fine thread carrage bolts that they don't seem to make anymore. At least grainger and MSC and the other bolt places don't have a listing for them. I'll just use the ole buggered up ones. Thanks guys
' Old Buggered Up Bolts ' ...Can usually be brought back by application of wire brushing & chasing the threads ....... A Few rust pits won't cause any problems .
Buggered up bolts Nate, et al... I did just that. wire brushed em chased the threads put some ospho on the pits and they look pretty good. Found some new castle nuts at the local hardware so I'm good to go on this one. Now if the rebuilder wil give me my engine back I could get some more progress done!!!
