I took a week off work prior to the Easter bank holiday so I'd have a good eight or nine days to get some work done. I started by taking the old clutch off the donor engine. I also took the opportunity to remove the flywheel so I could remove the metal plate behind the flywheel, which was bent and caked with oily dirt. Once cleaned and straightened I put it all back together with a new clutch plate, friction plate and thrust bearing. Then I bolted the gearbox back onto the engine. While it was on the floor, I also cleaned and refitted the starter motor. Remembering the problems I had removing the old engine and gearbox as a complete unit from the 'Rat I removed the carburettor and manifold from the donor engine and suspended the front of the vehicle over the engine. It was easier to lower the chassis over the engine then lift the engine into place than it would have been to lower the engine into the engine bay. Once the car was lowered over the engine I then suspended the engine and lifted it slowly up into the bay. Once in a suitable position I loosly fitted the bolts for the gearbox rear mount then the gearbox front mount. Once tightened this left the engine in the correct position for fitting of the final mount. Ah. At this point I realised that the mount for the FIRE engine was completely different from the mount for the old pushrod engine. Also, the FIRE engine is wider than the old pushrod unit so there was no room between the chassis and the engine to get a mount in anyway. I had to go for a long coffee break and ponder this problem. Not to get too boring with excruciating detail, I did come up with a solution. It took me about half a day of measuring, making drawings and templates but I managed to design two brackets, one for the chassis and one for the engine, that would overcome the space problem and give a good strong mount. I had to have these made by a local fabricator but they wouldn't be ready before I had to go home. So I had to cease work on the engine bay until I had the brackets.