OMG, I got the motor mounts and the damper plate from PYI and I think I may just absolutely lose my mind. First: Motor mounts, when I looked online at PYI it said mounts were steel so I bought the more expensive Stainless steel shims to go under to avoid dissimilar metals.
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They are really nice, but much too light to be steel. They are ALUMINUM!!! Thats gonna cost me time and money to have aluminum ones made.
Secondly, I ordered Damper plate and it is just as wrong as the first wrong one!!
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The top 2, (black and silver) are the standard ones for hurth/PRM gearbox for the Universal engine. Standard Catalina. Of course mine is neither standard or the same. The holes are 6 mm and much bigger drilled in different location!! Bleep BLEEP, BLEEP!! I am trying not to be so frustrated, but why can we not use standard? Why?
Thats $400 of wrong parts. I can send back both, but seriously, im not sure how to solve this or who to talk to. Im gonna PM Mainesail. So much for install this weekend.
Ill be back in 1 hour ready to drive on and fix this. But right now I'm melting down in frustration.