Can anyone share a Mark II installation guide?

[Blas]

You have a message. I make the Wiring Diagrams, Owners Manuals and maintain the Service Bulletins for all the Superformance MKII’s and CSX7000/8000 cars along with Wiring Diagrams for a few others. (SPF MKIII’s, GT40’s, CSX4000/6000, and soon the Grand Sport)
I’d be happy to help you out. Your OM package is complete, and probably just delayed getting to you due to the holidays.
Blas

[Gpfarrell]

Originally Posted by Blas

You have a message. I make the Wiring Diagrams, Owners Manuals and maintain the Service Bulletins for all the Superformance MKII’s and CSX7000/8000 cars along with Wiring Diagrams for a few others. (GT40’s, CSX4000/6000, and soon the Grand Sport)
I’d be happy to help you out. Your OM package is complete, and probably just delayed getting to you due to the holidays.
Blas

John told me he just received my OM package and was expecting the MSO any day and hoped to ship them to me together. Thank you! With everyone shopping online and everyone, including UPS, FedEx, US Mail, etc short-staffed, it’s miraculous that this project has come together as quickly as it has!

[1795]

So, how did it go today?

[Gpfarrell]

Originally Posted by 1795

So, how did it go today?

Ha! We took more parts off the car than we installed! The hood is off, the strut tubes (is that what you’d call them?) are out, the seats are out, the transmission tunnel is out, the crossmember mount for the transmission is out… it’s a riot!

My oldest son (18) recognized that it’s likely not too many Superformance customers are doing their own installations. It’s an easy car to work on, but there really aren’t any instructions and we have no idea what pieces we’re missing.

We think we’ll have the motor mounts squared away tomorrow and be able to set the engine in the chassis. Engine/bellhousing/transmission are ready to go. Once it’s set it we’ll set a seat back in and test the shifter location. Looks like it’s reversible on the TKX which could let us move it forward about 4” or so. Then we can cut the whole in the tunnel.

Anyhow, good chance we’ll at least fire it tomorrow if only for a minute. Not sure if we’ll have cooling all hooked up, but there’s a good chance of thunder.

Getting the slave cylinder and bracket figured out for the hydraulic clutch, but I don’t think any businesses will be checking emails or answering phones until Tuesday, so we’re managing expectations accordingly.

Here’s a picture of my 3 sons and my good friend Dave that built my 396hp 331. He’s priceless on this operation!

[1795]

Yes, you do end up removing more than you install! Glad that you put the full list of everything that has to be removed for others to see, I was running out of time when I was posting and it is a lot. As you said, you have to remove the interior in order to get the tunnel cover off. It's a lot easier getting those bolts underneath the dash for the forward struts off with the seats out of the way, especially on the drivers side. Once you get the engine and transmission in, you can then make sure that the tail of the transmission and the differential have the correct orientation and you can measure and have your driveshaft made.

Getting the hoses made for the radiator takes a little bit of hunting to find the right ones, but not too bad. Having a lot of helping hands is nice. I have done the install by myself twice, and it is not easy trying to line things up and move the engine by yourself. Nor is lifting a 100 lb transmission into place by yourself. A helpful way to aid in installing the transmission that I have seen on the forum and used is to purchase four bolts (6-8" long) of the proper thread for the bell housing, cut the heads off of them and then once the engine and bell housing are installed, thread the bolts into the bell housing. You can then slide the transmission down the bolts and remove them one at a time after the transmission is properly mated, and install the connecting bolts. Takes a lot of pressure off your back, chest and arms.

Looking forward to seeing photos of the completed project.

Jim