Thanks guys... from what you are telling me, I can just glue it in place so the hole is closed.

The shield - sounds like I will be putting the motor back in first, then figure out where it goes.

And to think, I took pics of my engine bay before I took everything apart... maybe I need a new digital camera!!!

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'82 300D (project)
'46 Willys (project)
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"Smarter than an engine, dumber than a hoodlatch..." -jt20
"Start jumping up and down to smoosh down those engine mounts" -DeliveryValve
"no" -kerry
"At this rate, you may have it done by winter" -layback40