bellhousing installation

[marc70chevy]

i'm having trouble putting the bellhousing back on the crossmember support. if i get one hole lined up then the other one isn't lined up. plus i already loosened the motor mounts so that i could jack up the engine a little bit in order for the bolt holes to match up on the engine... i think maybe i should have put the bellhousing on the crossmember first, then lifted the engine a little bit and did that part. i'm just kind of thinking out loud hoping that someone could help me out a little, so if anyone has done this before or seen similar problems please respond, thanks

[ChevyLvr4Life]

I put a clutch in my 70 this past May. Had to take the bellhousing off. I put a jack under the engine and raised it just enough to relieve pressure on the bellhousing so I could remove it. I put it back on after installing the clutch, went back on pretty good. I bolted it back to the engine, then started one crossmember bolt, left it loose had to take a pry bar to the other side and move it a little to start the other bolt. After that it all fell right into place. Did you loosen the motor mounts before or after you tried bolting it back up? Maybe the engine shifted to one side or the other. Try bolting the bellhousing to the back of the engine first, then lift the engine a little and see if you can start one of the crossmember bolts (you might have to use a pry bar and move engine a bit if it doesn't line up at first), then take pry bar and try lining up the other hole on crossmember. That's about all I know to tell you. Hope this helps and good luck.