Engine Installation Issues

[hdrockerroller]

Normally I've been able to search through the forum and pull out any information I need, but now I'm stumped.

I rebuilt my engine, and put in a rebuilt transmission.
When I put the engine and transmission back in, I ran into a problem.
The engine/transmission are at the wrong angle.
The transmission is too high in the front. The shift linkage shaft instead of being centered in the tunnel hole like it was when I took it out is very near the top.
The angle it is sitting at interferes with the throttle linkage that comes out of the tunnel, and the angle of the shift shaft is so much that I cannot connect the shift linkage at all.

All I did was jack the engine and transmission up, put in the the four bolts that hold it in and tighten them up, I can't figure out what is causing the front to be so much higher then it was before.

Am I supposed to shim the front mounts to adjust the engine/tranny angle?
I haven't seen anyone with this issue, any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Paul

[sjf911]

It should be a straight "drop-in". Are the transmission cross-member/mounts oriented correctly? How about the engine mount? Post some photo's.

[Porsche84]

Sounds like a tranny mount issue. Did you have the mounts off the cross-arm? Are you using the same parts that came off or different ones? The only shim I have seen is between the tranny and the mount which makes your situation worse.

[rgmrgm]

trans mount upside down?

[boyt911sc]

Originally Posted by rgmrgm

trans mount upside down?

Possible. Post a picture so we'll know what and how you have installed it.

Tony