i dont want to sound like a right mongo but i've got a alt drop bracket to fit to an escort after fitting a big turbo,
i've got the bracket but cant for the life of me figure out how to fit it, i cant get anything to line up, either on the alt bracket or the block,
is there differant brackets for differant types or am i missing something
any advice or pics please would be great as i'm stumped

sorry forgot to say its running the twin v belt set up from a saphy not usual escort ribbed belt

 

what side is your ps pump on?


they should just move the lower mounting bracket down,

 

i know i had to cut a little lump off my 200 block to get mine to fit on my 3dr.

 

The drop braket only works on 2wd and early 4x4 cars where the PS pump is under the inlet manifold. The later 4x4's and Escorts have everything under the exhaust manifold and its all mounted on one big bracket. The drop bracket doesn't fit this big bracket as far as i'm aware? Unless you've changed that to a 2wd version too?

 

yeah you do, the hoop at the bottom

 

its early 4x4 saph set up,
pas pump is under inlet manifold,
its just that i cant even get the alt monting bracket to line uo with the holes on the drop bracket,
so i take it that i've got to cut off the lug thats in the way at the bottom of the block

 

yeah, cut it off

 

I had the same prob last week ended up not fitting the thing spent about a hour fucking about with it.phoned andy g & he said the block needed cut.

 

anyone know what the lug at the bottom of the block is for that blocks the installation of the drop bracket ?

ta

 

anyone??

 

Hi,

I suppose it is for machine transfer manufacturing.
To obtain a point reference positioning for block at the beginning of process.

Regards.

Claude

 

cheers,nowt important then as i chopped it off yesterday