I mistakenly added this post to the wrong thread so I am re-posting it here.
I have a 59 Golden Hawk with a Flight-o-Matic transmission, which has the same 532427 1/2" spacer. Apparently I wasn't paying close enough attention when removing the engine so I researched where the spacer was supposed to go for reinstalling the engine/transmission. What I don't understand is why there would be a spacer on the left rear but not on the left front. It seems that the engine would try to be twisted. It also puzzles me that the rear holes on the rear bell housing cross-member, which the Shop Manual says to use on AD cars, are higher on the right than the left which would seem to counteract the purpose of the spacer on the left. I also don't understand why a round 532427 spacer would be used on a rectangular 1539942 insulator when the parts book lists a square 287685 1/4" spacer and you could use two of those. It doesn't say how large the square ones are so maybe that is why? I am apparently not visualizing the situation correctly. Could someone try to straighten me out?
I have a 59 Golden Hawk with a Flight-o-Matic transmission, which has the same 532427 1/2" spacer. Apparently I wasn't paying close enough attention when removing the engine so I researched where the spacer was supposed to go for reinstalling the engine/transmission. What I don't understand is why there would be a spacer on the left rear but not on the left front. It seems that the engine would try to be twisted. It also puzzles me that the rear holes on the rear bell housing cross-member, which the Shop Manual says to use on AD cars, are higher on the right than the left which would seem to counteract the purpose of the spacer on the left. I also don't understand why a round 532427 spacer would be used on a rectangular 1539942 insulator when the parts book lists a square 287685 1/4" spacer and you could use two of those. It doesn't say how large the square ones are so maybe that is why? I am apparently not visualizing the situation correctly. Could someone try to straighten me out?
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