Candlestick mounts

[Brian]

57 bird 312 3spd OD frame up:

I'm mounting the engine / trans combo this week.

Any pointers for proper adjustment of the candlestick engine mounts?

These were the factors I asssumed I should follow:
1 Mount engine/trans assembly to the front mount and the trans mount
with candles sticks loose.
2 tighten bottom candles stick nuts (at frame - compress rubber spacers)
3 Run lower nut (at engine mount) until compression starts on the lower rubber mount (as it takes up some engine weight).
4 Tighten down upper bolt till full compression of rubber spacers.

It looks like a real judgement call on how to do this. Should I be setting the engine level to some benchmark? Like putting a level on the intake manifold, and assuring equal height on each side from the frame rails?

Did I mention how fun it is to be throwing away baggies that used to hold all of these various bolts and parts, as they go on to the frame? Yee hah!

 

[nomadbird]

Brian,

This re-assembly phase is a real blast isn't it? Your question about the "candlesticks" (love it), is answered in detail and with illustrations in the '57 shop manual on page 1-65. These are called Engine Steady Rests.

Happy Wrenching, Tom D.

 

[Brian]

I know - I asked that question this morning before I got to the book , and sure enough, the answer was right in the book.

It's nice that they have those dimension - you never know how far to crush those rubber spacers.

By the way, that would be a nice little project for someone - do a funny slang glossary for the Birds.

Thanks!