Snow's all gone now
Anyway, good reason to get back to "progress". I've been searching through old pics which might be interesting / helpful. Here are a few of the bulkhead cut-outs I had to make to fit the engine.
The engine is positioned as high as possible (for maximum clearance between the sump and the beam axle) and as far back as possible (for clearance behind the radiator). This necessitated two bulkhead cut-outs. The main one is in the clutch pedal area (clutch obviously not needed with the auto transmission):
On the left of this picture you can see where the auto-shift cable goes through the bulkhead. The floor-mounted shift mechanism was sourced from a Ford Explorer which had the correct P-R-D-2-1 pattern.
A minor cut-out was also required just above the rear of the engine where the intake to the heater is. This pic is from the inside with the heater removed.
In this pic you can see the cut-out just above the rear of the engine (and a stray hand coming through the other cut-out
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This last one shows where the gear lever used to be. The mount for the 4WD selector is adjacent to it. Removing the gear lever has meant much more footroom for the centre seat passenger.
