I think I missed part of this thread. I'm assuming this is the method where
the transmission remains in the car and then you lower and attempt to mate
the engine with it?
I just did the "correct" method of putting the engine and transmission in
as one unit. Still, the mating of the engine and transmission before the
lowering was not as smooth as I thought it would be. The pilot shaft from
the transmission must go in perfectly straight and the clutch pressure
plate must also be centered perfectly so the shaft can slide in.
First of course would be the insure the clutch is centered using a
centering tool or perhaps a wood dowel.
After that, I use four 5/16" bolts of about 5" length. These are used on
alternating holes mating the bell housing to the engine to pull the two
together evenly on all sides. Once its pulled together, I use same size
bolts of 3 or 3.5 inch length to bolt the two together. Still may take
about an hour (the first time I put the engine in and tried to line it up,
I spent at least half a day wrestling it until I got the angle right).
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
At 06:34 PM 9/2/2002 -0700, JAMES SCHULTE wrote:
>Tom,
>It took us hours to get my 78B engine linked to my
>tranny, you need another set of knowledgable hands.
>Where are you? It almost would have been easier to
>pull the tranny out. When I did my wifes Tranny on
>the 70B we pulled everything and it was so easy
>getting it all in except the cross member. That's
>another story you need to hear from David Council as
>he is going through that now.
>Jim
>--- Tom Wagner <tomwagner@charter.net> wrote:
> > Can someone tell me an easy way to get
> > a 67 Tranny back into the clutch flywheel
> > area. I have it all greased up and worked on
> > it for 2-3 hrs today and my back is sore and
> > so are my arms. I kept thinking there has
> > to be an easier way to do this as I am getting
> > old here(51).
> >
> > SO can someone tell me an easier way to do this????
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Tom Wagner
> > 67 MGB
> > 72 TR 6
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