>engine and engine compartment, I don't see how anyone can install the >engine with the fan housing on, much less the tin. Like you say, you >have to move the engine back to clear the input shaft, and things hit >the rear of the engine compartment. Why oh why couldn't they have made >it removable like the earlier busses?!?!? :) Always learning, always learning..... It is possible to put the type 4 engine in the '73 with the fan housing on. I have always done it that way (but probably won't anymore). It is a tight fit, and you have to have the engine/trans bolts all set up right, but it goes. It always scares me when I do this, since that trans shaft looks so fragile.... I think we can thank the gov't for the change to the non-removable rear apron. '73 was 'the year of the bumper', and I think in order to meet the crash tests they had to reinforce this area. Anybody know for sure? Dean Aukes '73 Campmobile
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