Apparently the engine was shipped with the bracket missing and the rebuilder from way out of state told him to go whiz up a rope. Bad juju all around. It's much better to do your own work or deal with a local builder. It's fixable, but only with a bracket from a junk block and some very careful fitting.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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