Engine position

[59Elva]

I welded up and redrilled the clutch linkage arms, made up a new flat link and rod link, and turned a ball bushing for the socket in the transmission. ( My welding and machining skills aren’t as good as I remember them being) but It all fits together except not as freely as I would like. The problem seems that the transmission socket is set too far back relative to the frame mounted bushing so the bell crank is rotated clockwise viewed to above. The steady cable is broken so it’s not pulling the transmission. The left side trans mount looks upside down??? The right side mount is open side up which looks correct. I probably have the Sprite crossmember around somewhere for reference but Im in the same situation as the others in the “Too Much” post. Got it but can’t find it.
Besides reversing the left gearbox mount what else can I do to move the engine forward?

Thanks,
Bill B

[Bill_qaz]

Just thought if yours is a pick-up the diagrams maybe not the same?

Does the manual illustration help to show mounting orientation?

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Or earlier model

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[59Elva]

Thanks Bill Q. The illustration I was looking for. That means the right side is upside down. I think reversing that one may exacerbate the problem with the engine being too far back. I could try loosening all the fasteners and see if there’s any slack to be found before slotting holes. Oddly there’s already quite a bit of the driveshaft exposed?
Feels like every step forward results in two steps back.
Bill B

[Bill_qaz]

What year is your truck. It looks like a ribcage gearbox so 1098 version.

[59Elva]

It’s a’59 but it has a 1275 of unknown origin fed thru the original 948 single SU HS2 carb/exhaust manifold. Im at least the fourth caretaker in the past 10 years. The story is a woman put it together from parts in the late’90s. Her daughter sold it around 2020 about 7 years after her mother could no longer drive it. I very little other history.
I bought it from Bringatrailer.com online auction at the end of May. The pictures looked nice.