The trick to getting the tranny in an early car is to tilt the engine/tranny
slightly to the left or right. And I thought it was a problem only on my
car.
Mike
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From: <Geegc@aol.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 12:14 AM
Subject: Super Kudos to Victor
> Victor Laury spent all day at my place in LA helping me (actually I
watched
> him and stayed out of the way) put a new clutch on the engine and drop the
> beast back in. The effort he put in, and his knowledge about Roadsters,
are
> both incredible. I can't say enough.
>
> Learned a couple of things, don't suck on a brake line -- the fluid tastes
> terrible. And when sliding the early 1600 back in, there is a cross brace
in
> the tranny tunnel that hangs up on the shifter base and doesn't allow the
> engine to slide back. Rather than get a bigger hammer, there is a pin in
the
> shifter that slides out (don't lose the clevis) and allows the shifter
base
> to tilt out of the way.
>
> Also learned that the clutch alignment tool that Eastwood sells and
> supposedly fits 95% of the cars made does not fit a roadster.
>
> Anyway, I only have another two or three weeks left to go (see the next
> post).
>
> Gary C
> 1966 1600
> 1968 2000
>
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