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HealeyDave

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Quick dumb question(s) on motor mounts: They are 'handed'. Why? Must be a subtile angle of the engine thing that I don't immediately see visually.
And - LH motor mount means left side of car as viewed from drivers seat?

Thanks
Dave
BN7 project
 
HealeyDave said:
Quick dumb question(s) on motor mounts: They are 'handed'. Why? Must be a subtile angle of the engine thing that I don't immediately see visually.
And - LH motor mount means left side of car as viewed from drivers seat?

Thanks
Dave
BN7 project
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Left means "left-side" of the car. In the USA our drivers seats are usually on the left-side of the car but we occasionally see an imported car with the drivers seat on the right side. There are left and right "drivers seats"(some countries still drive on the wrong side of the road).(I'm sure I'll hear some flak on this from "Oz" & "UK")
Patrick
 
LH motor mount means left side of car as viewed from drivers seat?



:yesnod:----------------------Keoke
 
Patrick67BJ8 said:
(I'm sure I'll hear some flak on this from "Oz" & "UK")
Patrick
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and

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
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Cyprus
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Grenada
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Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
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Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
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St. Helena
St. Lucia
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Zambia
Zimbabwe

Regards,

Mr. Pedantic
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Frankenhealey said:
Patrick67BJ8 said:
(I'm sure I'll hear some flak on this from "Oz" & "UK")
Patrick
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and

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
US Virgin Islands
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Regards,

Mr. Pedantic
grin.gif
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Well, there's a lot more than I thought! At least they drive on the right-hand side on the "ice roads" in Antarctica, or should I say at least they did when I was there.
 
Yes, the engine angles back a bit in the engine bay so the mounts are handed. Interestingly the early sixes had instead engine mounts that had slightly diagonally enlongated holes where they bolt to the sides of the block so were not "handed" but were adjusted to suit the angle of the engine when in position in the car.
 
Thanks always wondered why they did that.--Keoke
 
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