Motor mounts not lining up

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  1. SBMVRK

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    Hello everybody, I just dropped in a 5.0 into my maverick with new mounts and brackets bolted on. I am currently at a stand still as the passenger side mount doesn't want to seem to align properly.I got the drivers side bolt in fine but now it seems lIke the whole engine needs to move about an inch to the passenger side. I've tried prying at it, jacking it up in various places and it will only move it up and down because of the bolt on the other side. Any tips or tricks would be great! Thanks guys
     

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  2. Mel Moeller

    Mel Moeller Maverick Moe

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    There is a left and a right frame mount. Do you have them in correctly?
     
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    I believe so. The driver side is considered the left mount correct? Because I'm pretty sure that's what side I put it on
     
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    Mel Moeller Maverick Moe

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    Always make sure your tabs on the frame mounts are pointing down not up.
     
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    are the tabs on the frame mount pointing down
     
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    What do you guys mean by tabs? Can you tell that mine are wrong In the pictures?
     
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    Not all frame mounts have the tabs.
     
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    20150108_033625.jpg mine look like this
     
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    Yea mine are aftermarket and don't have those tabs on the brackets. I'm almost to the point of drilling another hole in the bracket.
     
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    MaverickDan I wanna go fast!!!

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    Hard to tell in your pics(cant tell if we're looking at the front or back), but it looks have them on the wrong sides, offset goes toward the fire wall.
     
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    Thanks guys my mounts and brackets seemed to be on right. I finally was able to get both bolts in after hours of screwing with it. Now I gotta wire everything up for efi.. I'll probably be back haha
     
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    I leave the bolts to the block in with only a couple of threads until I get the thru bolts thru
     
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