67 chevelle BB motor mount help!

[VintageMusclecar]

Jason;

I ran into the same exact problem with the repop frame mounts on my `67 SS. Do you have the pass. side frame mount slid down as low as it will go in the slots on the frame? I have mine in the lowest position and I still wound up having to install washers between the motor mounts & the block to get them to line up with the frame mounts.

You could remove the frame mounts and slot both sides another 1/2" or so and that might be enough to get them to line up.

BTW, a BB engine & trans will not go in together on an early A body even with a stock pan, they have to go in seperately.

Eric

[jasonL78]

Eric,

Thank's for replying I have the passenger side all the way down also. But why are the top 2 holes slotted and not the bottom hole. This may be my problem. My car was a small block car so are BB car's suposed to have all three holes slotted on the passenger side frame? Was your car an original BB car?

Jason

[VintageMusclecar]

Mine is an original BB car, and all 3 holes on the pass. side of the frame were slotted.

[MotionPerformance67]

ok, I ran into this problem before with a customers 67. I ended up taking a 6ft prybar with a tape covered end so as to not damage the paint and wedging it in between the frame and the engine bracket from the front and prying up while the engine sat on the mounts, worked perfect and the bolts slid right in...

[jasonL78]

Good Idea that may be next!

[a-body]

A pry bar might work good to get them in, but how are you going to remove them if you need to. I'm glad mine weren't put in that way.
A friend had the same problem with his Chevelle. When I stopped over to help, his looked just like your picture. It turned out he had the wrong motor mounts. They look similar, but BBC motor mounts are slightly different than SBC motor mounts. He swapped them out, and it went right in. Good Luck
Gary

[MotionPerformance67]

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A pry bar might work good to get them in, but how are you going to remove them if you need to. I'm glad mine weren't put in that way.
A friend had the same problem with his Chevelle. When I stopped over to help, his looked just like your picture. It turned out he had the wrong motor mounts. They look similar, but BBC motor mounts are slightly different than SBC motor mounts. He swapped them out, and it went right in. Good Luck
Gary

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I guess I must of did something wrong by slightly tweaking the stamped in China bigblock engine brackets , because the motor has been in and out of his car a few seasons now and the bolts seem to just slide right in. My guess is when the brackets were stamped as in most overseas cases, were a mile off. He ran the same style engine mounts as that are pictured but later switched to a Moroso solid style and guess what..they slid right in..