> Question: the drive pulley and the variator seem to be in good
> alignment but how do you adjust alignment if they were off, what is the
> procedure?
I'm going to assume you're pretty close to having things right for the alignment of your variator with the drive pulley given your pictures--you have it in there using the original engine bolt, right? Ideally, you measure spacing beforehand of your new motor mounts (comfort blocks) so the offset is as it was for the original setup. If not, you can use washers to move the engine side de-to-side if you have space--too much space between the mounts/comfort blocks can be challenging. Sucks big time having to fumble around with a dangling engine and a bunch of washers on the bolt. Note that you can tap out the bushings in the head if needed to remove material from it when the variator side won't move over far enough outboard (and if you don't want to re-press the comfort blocks. BTW, pretty sure Treats has replacement thicker/thinner head bushings). The best solution I have seen was posted here--use a spare or damaged head by itself to set things up in the frame before hanging the complete engine. Let us know the status of things and show pictures