Brad,
There are those who will tell you to do the clutch (me included if it's not
new) while you have the gearbox out of the car. The parts will cost you
about $130 or so. It's probably worth not having to take everything apart
again when it DOES need a clutch.
You'll need a clutch alignment tool. It will be plastic (probably) and
you'll use it when you bolt the clutch cover (pressure plate) and disk back
to the flywheel.
You'll need a torque wrench for torquing the clutch cover (pressure plate)
down.
When you drop the driveline from the back of the gearbox, MARK the two
plates so that you can get it back together the same as it was before. This
keeps the two u-joints in "time" with one another so that they don't "fight"
while you are driving.
What did I forget?
Jim
"Bradley D. Richardson" wrote:
> I need some help with my tranny. On my 79 spitfire, which is really a
> 78, I've lost 2nd and 3rd gear syncros, or perhaps a fork. It simply
> won't go into those gears without trouble. I had a mechanic look at it,
> and without taking it out and apart, they think the gears themselves are
> fine. 1st and 4th and reverse work fine, so we think we've ruled out
> clutch adjustment. I can start out in 2nd, and it works fine. Can
> shift into any gear fine when I'm not moving.
>
> Now, I'm a neophyte in this area. Backyard mechanic, nothing extremely
> involved. I figure taking the tranny apart myself could even be done,
> but getting it back together (and working) is beyond me, so I'd best not
> do this.
>
> However, I am thinking about removing and replacing the tranny, and
> getting someone else to repair it. Hell, that's a lot of the work, and
> would save me a chunk of change. But again, I've never done this.
>
> So, before I start looking at my Haynes, are there specific areas I
> should read about before possibly tackling this, to see if it's
> something I should even think about doing? I wondering if there are
> specific things that have to be correctly aligned again when
> re-installing the tranny, clutch adjustments (which I again have never
> done), etc.
>
> Brad Richardson
> Portland, Oregon
> 79 Spitfire (FM90541U, really a 78 as made June 78)
> 79 Spitfire (TFZDW29T001453, really a 80 as made Nov 79)
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