Can an engine sit in a frame w/o a transmission?
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mrtleavitt
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Can an engine sit in a frame w/o a transmission?
I am needing to transport a frame and an engine. Can I bolt the FE 390 on the frame without a transmission on it to help support it? I'm worried that with just the two motor mounts to hold it that the engine will fall forward or backwards.
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Re: Can an engine sit in a frame w/o a transmission?
If the cab is on it, put a 2x4 between the engine and the cab, then strap it back. If its just the frame, then all I can think of would be to put a strap pulling forward and one pulling backwards to stabilize it. Kinda like a dirtbike in a truck bed.
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Re: Can an engine sit in a frame w/o a transmission?
it will fall backwards if there isnt anything behind it to support it. i do not know how far back it will fall but it could go back far enought to entangle with the steering linkages. i have a truck sitting that i pulled the trans out of. and the engine is still in it. i put a block of wood under the flywheel and the steeringlinkage so that it wouldn't fall backwards while just sitting there. if it is a truck pull the enigne and put it in the bed. ifit has a bed. or take a trans case with you and bolt that to it and use that to hold it in there. it doesn't have to be a full transmission. just the case with tailhousing and trans mount.