Jeep TJ Build - Jeep 66 -Make it fit - fixing the engine mounts
Channel: Brian Greul
Date: 06/08/2023

In Jeep 65 I discovered that the frame isn't perfect.  In fact it's about by about 1.5 inches in width.  Not the end of the world, but not something I can use a come-a-long to fix.  I reached out by email and phone to Brown Dog.... and they were apparently lost in the desert this weekend.  Never heard back.  

The show must go on, so I decided to modify the passenger side engine mount so it would mate with the block bracket.  At first I was a bit horrified, but the reality is that people swap axles, engines, etc on their Jeeps.  Many Jeeps have all sorts of crap welded to the frames, the engines get bored. out and stroked..... these mounts are already a leap beyond the OEM ones.... so modifying the mount is not going to change anything.

The modification did involve welding 1/4" steel to the bottom of the mount and drilling a new hole.  I used my Miller Plasma Cutter on the scab plate and my MillerMatic 235 on the welding.  Other than burning some paint it came out great.

I'm hoping tomorrow that the engine mounts will be done and I can move forward with other parts of the Jeep build.