Thanks again for the info...John and 2slow2matter have convinced me to re-engineer the front of my plane to solve this problem. I just spent 2+ hours removing my old motor mount...re-mounting my front landing gear...re-mounting the motor mount....all that is left is a new throttle cable mount and a new cowl...I guess I just figured out this time was a lot cheaper than re-building this particular crate one more time. I've already stuck it in the ground twice due to pilot error...and once because I ran out of fuel which caused a stall at a really inconvenient place...

Thanks again...Mike