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Car Forum / MINI / August 2003Missing part in the engine?
I just noticed something that worries me slightly. There is a mounting bracket on the engine. If you look at it from the front - the screws that keep the top of the engine fastened to the rest of it (above the sparkplugs), the right-most fastenig screw (just to the left of the thermostat housing) has an L-shaped bracket attached to it. The bracket has an ablong slot, and is attached straight forward and upward (turn the letter L 90 degrees counterclockwise on the X axis, and you know how). The bracket seems reasonably sturdy (about 1.5 - 2 mm thick) and it seems like it could be old enough to have been part of the original engine enstallation. Is this bracket supposed to hold something? If yes, what? > I just noticed something that worries me slightly. There is a mounting > bracket on the engine. If you look at it from the front - the screws that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Is this bracket supposed to hold something? If yes, what? That bracket (two of them on top, one on the bottom) are supposed to hold the weather protection shield. It's just a sheet of plastic that covers the front of the engine in order to protect the electrics against the wet stuff such as rain or snow. Very useful in the winter. > I just noticed something that worries me slightly. There is a > mounting bracket on the engine. If you look at it from the front - [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > seems like it could be old enough to have been part of the original > engine enstallation. It certainly IS part of the original engine installation - literally. > Is this bracket supposed to hold something? If yes, what? Yes. The motor. It (and it's pair on the other rocker cover stud) are what the motor hangs from as they lower it into the car when they install it on the production line! > It (and it's pair on the other rocker cover stud) are what the motor > hangs from as they lower it into the car when they install it on the > production line! Do'h! But thanks for the info. HJ |
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