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That's awesome!
Great job Mark.
Giorgio

Mark, did you fit the engine with the gearbox mounted on chassis?
It's a difficult job or it has been easy?
Ciao
Giorgio

Hi Gio,

I mounted the gearbox first so I had the car on all 4 wheels so I could push around and check that it actually rolled.

Engine is easy to get in with gearbox installed. Engine hoist on inlet manifold, jack under the sump. Lower down and get engine resting on jack and supported by hoist, carefully wiggle it into place. You will need to get the gearbox shaft to sit roughly in the pressure plate opening to give you slightly more room. Get it aligned horizontally, push into place. Then I installed engine mounts on engine, then chassis engine mounts, takes some wiggling and some help from the jack.

Lost an inch of toe on the rear when I rolled it in and out of the garage.

Thanks Mark,
that's exactly what I suppose to do for my engine, not happy to disassemble all the rear end...
Ciao
Giorgio

There's enough clearance, took me about 1hr of wiggling, but no real issues.