Hey everyone, as the title suggests, I might be in a world of hurt. About 2 weeks ago I mounted my engine back to the transmission bell housing and had issues on one lower corner with cross threading. I ended up getting through that and have started to place all the engine components and accessories. As I start building up the engine, I noticed that there is a slight upward angle of the engine from the bellhousing to the front of the truck...

troubleshooting:
1. placed the hood of the truck back on to see if it closes. Checks good.
2. Placed the fan back on the water pump and placed the radiator back in with the shroud. The shroud contacts the fan which is still able to spin, but creates friction against the shroud. Uh-oh.

am I crazy? Where would this slight incline be coming from?




As you can see here, the AC compressor is angled a little upwards. Should this be level?

Fan has that little angle

 

Is the engine properly seated in the mounts?
Any gap between the engine and bell housing?
Can you manually turn the engine, as in, does it bind against the torque converter as it rotates?

 

I can place a breaker bar on the crank pulley and rotate the crank while it’s attached to the bellhousing. There’s resistance, but I’m sure that’s normal. I will check the motor mounts, but I’m fairly sure they’re seated on there. I didn’t see any gaps between the bellhousing / engine when I placed the 14 bolts in. 4 of those bolts were more difficult to get on than others but I think that may have been due to them being cross thread. All other bolts went it smoothly.

 

Looks like it’s not seated on the motor mounts. Worth checking the trans mounts too. Can’t be too much else.

 

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