Re Spider Motor Mount Replacement

["Wilson J. Rugh" <rugh@domain.elided>]

Rob,

I was thinking older Spider with Webers... in this
case there is rod linkage from the firewall to
the carbs, and moving the carbs (along with the engine)
moves the linkage. Sorry... don't know if this applies
to the later models.

Good luck,

Jack

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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:34:23 -0400
From: "Robert J Favali" <rob@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: Spider Motor Mount Replacement
Jack does raise an interesting question for me.
First, my 93 Spider has electric fans so the shroud issue should not apply!
I believe all Series 4 Spiders have electric draw-thru fans.
But why would the idle be affected by the motor being lifted to a more
correct orientation?
- - Rob Favali
Burlington VT
(existing mount off the car ... awaiting arrival of the new one from Paul
Spruell)
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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 12:59:37 -0400
From: "Wilson J. Rugh" <rugh@domain.elided>
Subject: re: Spider Motor Mount Replacement
Rob,
Since you asked about "obvious missing steps," let
me tell you what I missed when I did this a few
years ago. Bruce described the procedure
very well, but then when you fire up the engine it is not
unlikely that the fan will be scraping the fan shroud and
the idle will be high, because the old relationship between
the engine position and the shroud /firewall no longer holds!


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Jack Rugh, Baltimore MD
'69 GT Veloce
'72 Montreal
'74 Spider
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