Hallelujah !! The baby is born.
I've doubled down on the little Mighty Mouse project over the past four days. Got all the hydraulics juiced back up and started dis-assembling the peripherals from the static-run E1 on the stand. Ran it for a final ten minutes first. Jockeyed the transmission into place and loose hooked up the rear mounts and supported the case with a jack. The little E1 looks dinky now skinned back down to the basic motore.
Easy-does-it; shoehorning the little thumper back where it needs to be.
Finally; bolted back in. All mounts cinched down tight. Right Side:
And Left side:
Bout 1/2" clearance between air cleaner and front master reservoir:
Here's the one that might need a little more attention. Only about 1/4" clearance between alternator and battery tray:
I'll be checking this one out. Maybe a little shorter belt, or at worst, a little remodeling on the battery tray corner. I should add that those front motor mount brackets had to come off to allow the front of the engine to come down low enough to pilot onto the transmission input shaft. Had to set them on the frame brackets and let the motore with the rubber mounts on it down onto the brackets. The brackets hit the steering box and idler and wouldn't let the front of the motor low enough.
Now I'm gonna take a short break. I've got a three or four student violins to set up.
Steve