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Old 03-26-2018, 12:00 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon View Post
The engine and transmission together balance on the engine mounts. When separated the engine will flop forward pretty hard. If you didn't support it, the exhaust pipe must have kept things in place. Perhaps a heat shield was bent then? Also, the engine bottom cover can make a hell of a racket if the screws back out. Once they've been removed, it seems like they don't like to stay tight. I use blue loctite on them.

Just a couple ideas. Try to record it for us. It might help.
I'll try to get a recording this week.

I didn't remove the front aluminum undertray/shield so the engine may have had some minimal support during tbe process.
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