Some tips:
1: Clean the engine and tranny (pressure washer?) first, so you get less filthy.
2: Remove both front seats, especially if they are in good shape. You must
remove
the right seat, in any case.
2a: Remove the pad strip that runs across the bottom of the dash before removing
the center console.
2b: If your tunnel cover is junk, consider replacing it or patching it up (e.g
fiberglass/epoxy).
Do NOT use polyester resin on the tunnel cover or any other fiberboard
parts on the car!
Something in the fiberboard prevents the polyester from setting up.
3: Remove the right glove box, or you might damage it.
4: Put a dropcloth, etc. over the carpet.
5: Have somebody help you with the bellhousing bolts and lugging the tranny in
and out.
BTW, I think the thrust washer job has little to do with the transmission R+R,
and there
is no particular advantage to doing both at the same time.
You might want to measure your crankshaft endfloat to see if your current thrust
washers are OK.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 09:50 AM 9/19/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks to everyone who replied regarding my imminent
>and upcoming clutch replacement. The scope of this
>repair has now expanded to include the rear main seal
>and thrust washers (after said good advice!). As this
>is all new territory for me, I was wondering if anyone
>had any advice for a first timer doing this job. I'll
>have the tranny off the car, and will drop the sump
>for access to the crank. Things in particular I am
>wondering are:
>
>1) What kind of sealant, if any, for the rear main
>seal, seal carrier plate gasket and sump gasket
>
>2) Is it OK to reuse the con rod bolts after removing
>them to access the thrust washers, or should I get new
>ones?
>
>3) Anything else I should do/check out while I'm in
>there?
>
>Thanks!
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