Stop in for a cup of coffee

If you put all of the motor mount bolts in from the front with the shafts facing rearward, then put/slide the motor mount ears over the shaft/stud part from the rear it's much easier... That's how the factory did it...

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thanks, I had the motor mount in the front the first time, in and will stay now