Today was spent messing with the position of the box and engine prior to new mounts being made.
Before I started fabricating I decide to put the old gearbox mount in place. Without any mounts on it to see if it affected the newly set height.
It didn't, cool, it can be refurbished and used.



I then set about deciding to see if either of the original engine mounts would still fit with the engine in its new/better position.
It was fun and games geting the engine mounts into position on the car as they are usually attatched to the motor.
Then dropped from above with the engine into the chasis cups.






I could see once they were in that as I was going to tighten them the motor was going to start turning in the bay.
Towards the drivers side (as it was before)
I tightened them up anyway to see by how much.
It turned the motor, but only by about 20mm at the rear of the box.
If you look at the photo below you'll see the line on the box and mount.
When the enginge mounts are tight the box moves 20mm to the left of the line.



Fortunately there is enough defflection in the centre rubbers on the engine mounts to allow the box to be pushed back over to the line by hand (just).
Previously the tunnel didnt allow the box to even reach the line.

I think that before it was a combination of the mounts kicking the rear of the box to the passenger side by 20 mm.
And the tight tunnel and old box mounts holding the box even further over to the pass side.
This forced the prop to run from the drivers to the pass side and the engine to point to the drivers side.
Now it all sits straight.



There is more of a gap between the sump and the power steering again.
Now that the engine is on it's mounts.
So i will just have to live with the fact that the engine is canted upwards at the front.
I am curious as to how much it will be off level to the rear once the car is on its wheels.