Jay: Reinstalling the engine/tranny isn't difficult. You just need
someone to guide it down into the tunnel while you lower the hoist. It
was a little tricky (on my engine, at least) to get the lower nut on the
left engine mount stud. Clearance is tight, and the nut won't fit with the
engine all the way down on the stud because of interference with the flange
of the timing cover, so you have to put the nut on before the engine is all
the way down on the mount.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G
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> From: Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net; healeys@autox.team.net;
british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Engine/tranny Is Out! My Thanks... (a tad long)
> Date: Sunday, May 18, 1997 4:13 PM
>
> To all the folks who replied on my mystery bolts I couldn't find,
(thought
> they were inside the tunnel, not in the cockpit), and the engine
hook/mount
> points.
>
> Man, was I a nervous wreck. Yanking the engine and tranny out by the
valve
> cover bolts. Doesn't even sound or look right, but, it came out just
fine.
>
> I didn't stand around BS'ing and slugging beer while it was still on the
> hoist. I got it to the floor ASAP.
>
> My helper, TI Metalugist Engineer neighbor, whom I owe a life time supply
> of beer, calculated the valve cover bolts could hold 450 LBS each. That
> did make me feel better, but I felt best once the engine/tranny rested
> quitly on the floor.
>
> The rest should be easy for now. I think it's obvious the hardest part
to
> this will be putting it back in and getting everything aligned.
>
> All in all, it wasn't that hard to pull, all things considered. Just a
> little time consuming. It was pretty neat.
>
> I'll be posting later for tips on doing the reverse of what I did
yesterday
> and today.
>
> Thanks again for everyones help.
>
> Man, is this list the best or what?!?!?!?
>
> Q
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> Jay Quinn Systems Engineer
> jpquinn@cyberramp.net Pager: 972.319.7611
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> 1962 Austin-Healey MKII Sprite HAN6L2874
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