I actually removed the metal to make it wider for me to get them in. I have no clue how they got them in there. They are too big to go through the hole and not stretchy enough to squeeze it through. I believe when I did do it I tore one of them up getting it through. I have not found any other way to do it. The difficult bit would have made for a long video, I tried to do so many things with it and I do not have an editing program and the stupid camera that I have does not have a pause. I will try to do better next time. lol.
Thanks for watching. On this one there is a difference between where the top and bottom of the bracket go. I think since it spins there is a couple different ways it can go. Make sure that use used the same holes for your mounts as the old ones came off. John Twist from Universitymotors has a video of the different positions. The bolts for the bracket at the bottom of the mount leave them loose do not tighten them up all the way. If they are tightened it will pull the bracket down and it may miss the holes. Do not forgot depending on how worn they were the bracket has now widened due to the mounts shrinking and coming down so it is ok to bend it. This one is for the red B and I did not have any issues installing it. It went right in. However, on the blue B that I am doing, it was a different story. I had to bend it and even go as far as widening the holes with a drill bit and I had to get another person to help me. That one took 3 hours to do because we could only get 3 bolts in and the bracket was in the way of the 4th. I would not recommend doing that, but it is what it is. I will tell you after the struggle I had with the blue one, I will never do this again unless I have a lift and I am off the floor. Let me know if you have any further questions.
Getting caught up with the MGB vids👍
Should have another one coming up. I got the mount back in and the gauges back in the dash. Watching out for some more JoeWhat vids.
So, how did you get the rubber bobbins in? What you show is easy, you havnt shown us the difficult bit!
I actually removed the metal to make it wider for me to get them in. I have no clue how they got them in there. They are too big to go through the hole and not stretchy enough to squeeze it through. I believe when I did do it I tore one of them up getting it through. I have not found any other way to do it. The difficult bit would have made for a long video, I tried to do so many things with it and I do not have an editing program and the stupid camera that I have does not have a pause. I will try to do better next time. lol.
Hey man, curious if you could explain how you got the engine mounts pressed into the brackets? Struggling to get mine in. Thanks
Thanks for watching. On this one there is a difference between where the top and bottom of the bracket go. I think since it spins there is a couple different ways it can go. Make sure that use used the same holes for your mounts as the old ones came off. John Twist from Universitymotors has a video of the different positions. The bolts for the bracket at the bottom of the mount leave them loose do not tighten them up all the way. If they are tightened it will pull the bracket down and it may miss the holes. Do not forgot depending on how worn they were the bracket has now widened due to the mounts shrinking and coming down so it is ok to bend it. This one is for the red B and I did not have any issues installing it. It went right in. However, on the blue B that I am doing, it was a different story. I had to bend it and even go as far as widening the holes with a drill bit and I had to get another person to help me. That one took 3 hours to do because we could only get 3 bolts in and the bracket was in the way of the 4th. I would not recommend doing that, but it is what it is. I will tell you after the struggle I had with the blue one, I will never do this again unless I have a lift and I am off the floor. Let me know if you have any further questions.