>
    > I need to know if the bolts that attach the engine mount to the
    > lower
    > corners of the firewall can inserted from the back with nuts on
    > the
    > engine side? thanks, Jerry
    >
    > Jerry
    > I don't know, off hand. I have my bolts installed with the
    > heads on the
    > engine side. I suppose you could reverse them, I don't recall
    > if they
    > are nyloc nuts, which is a no-no in the engine compartment. How
    > far
    > along are you?
    >
    > Brian Trubee
    >
    >
    > I think that you can get all metal lock nuts. I don't think there
    > is any
    > practical reason that you couldn't have the bolts inserted from the
    > cockpit side. I am only speculating that it wouldn't be a good
   idea to
    > have the nyloc nuts exposed to the engine compartment heat. But
    > even if
    > they were, you could probably use them and put some sort of
   insulation
    > on them if you were concerned about the heat. I beleive that there
    > is a
    > regulation out there that prohibits nyloc nuts in an engine
    > compartment.
    > I am at work, when I get home tomorrow, I'll try to find and cite the
    > regulation.
    >
    > Brian Trubee

   Brian, I was not worried about heat affecting the nut, That can be
   handled with castellated nuts and cotter keys or with metel lock nuts
   as you have pointed out. I was seeking assurance that there is no
   structure behind the firewall that would prevent inserting the
   bolts. 2.5 inches clearance is needed. Jerry

Nope, there's nothing structurally that would prevent you from putting
the bolts in from the cockpit side.

Brian Trubee


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