Perry:
I'm a little surprised you got the motor out without pulling the
transmission as well. I have never seen it done that way before. On my R16,
it's not that much work to unbolt the rear trans mount, the driveshaft and
gearshift, unhook the wires and cables and just yank the whole thing. Since
I'm on my back under the car to put everything back on, another handful of
bolts is not that big a deal. Besides, it seems it would be way easier to
align the input shaft to the motor if it were outside the engine bay.
As far as the manifold goes, an aftermarket header seems to solve the
clearance problem nicely. I recall the first time I pulled the engine, I had
to unbolt the stock exhaust manifold to get it out. With the header, it's
still a tight fit, but it will R&R without pulling everything off.
Paul Bauman
67 1600
Westminster, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Perry Smith
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 6:24 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re-installing my U20
So close, yet so far. Is there a trick to getting the engine "back" into my
Roadster!?! I didn't have a problem getting it out. I have a standard '68
2000 and I can't seem to get the exhaust manifold to clear the frame
mounting bracket on the drivers side. The clutch housing just doesn't want
to clear the transmission input shart. Does then engine have to be tilted
up in front and go in straight or should I try to drop it in more to the
passenger side and rotate it onto the input shart? (I have the transmission
on a jack already and have tilted it up to the top of the transmission
tunnel.)
Lastly, does anybody think I need to remove the exhaust manifold to do this,
or will it go in with just some finesse? Or - like the manual shows, do I
really need to remove the transmission, mount them together and then put it
back in the chassis. This seems like a lot of extra work to do it that way,
and I can't imagine they throught you should have to do this to replace a
clutch.
Thanks,
Perry
'68 2000
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