This morning go out, and start and Brian says scribe the marks for holes..OK I sharpened a nail and bent it 90 deg then marked the holes...thankfully I had painted the plate the day before! Seemed like a simple method instead of marking with paint....
Thus we center punched and then I drilled the first set of holes!
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Lines up nice
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Next came enlarging the holes so the poly bushings would fit ...first drilled larger.. IF you look close you notice I cleaned up the edges of the plate too and trimmed a bit off the LEFT edge compared to the previous shot!
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My drill bits where not large enough so I used the die grinder and enlarged them slowly till the bushing would fit snug in the hole
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The step on the bushing holds it in the plate
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Ahhh...this is starting to look a lot like it's supposed to, notice the old soft rubber bushings the old plate used.
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The old tops from the previous rubber bushings seem to fit...hmmm
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Ahh...the lift I have been using to put it in and take it out..repeat as needed rofl
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So this is where I'm at and doing lunch, back at it in a while
Should get some new 1/2"x 1 1/2" grade 8 fine thread bolts, and lock nuts and flat washers to bolt engine to plate.
I may make some straps and tack the bolts to straps up from bottom to make it so I only need one wrench to make adjustments ha ha ha...think of service in field right!
Thanks for looking!