Wow! Brave man tearing into the trans. (I hate dealing with them too) Your project is coming along nice!
Anyway, I've noticed the mounting points for the nose may be upside down (I know the pan is upside down in pic) Those style mounts are meant to have parts sit on them... not hang by them. The pic didn't show any bolts in the plate... so I may be missing something here.
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1970 T1 W/MassIVe 2913cc RAT/?EFI? w/direct fire (very soon) and 915 trans
1962 SC 1776cc SP 944NA brakes, 993 wheels
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