Pietenpol-List: Engine Mount for Corvair

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Original Posted By: "Lynn & Doris Knoll"
Fellow Pietenpol builders,I am ready to weld up my engine mount for a Corvair engine. I have a question.The drawing for the Corvair engine mount shows a 5/8-.035 spacer for item 2.As I understand the drawing this is for spacing the tabs that bolt to the firewallwith the 5/16 bolts. As I think through this it seems to me that thespacers would be welded to the ends of the 3/4 .049 4130 tubes that will be alsowelded to the tabs that hold it to the firewall. Is this assumption correct?Thanks for your assistance.Alex Sloanalexms1(at)bellsouth.net ________________________________________________________________________________

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Original Posted By: "Alex Sloan"
Alex, your assumption is correct. The professional welder who welded ourmount welded the 3/4 tubes (all around) first and then fitted the tabs andwelded them last.Lynn KnollWichita, KS----- Original Message -----