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Re: Trans again

To: "David Mayer" <celiracer81@hotmail.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Trans again
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:05:11 -0400
In message <BAY8-F22u3oIKBg4NW00000cc32@hotmail.com>you write:
>Well,
>  I finally recieved my Borg & Beck Clutch kit, and everything fit just fine 
>and dandy.  but now i am having an unusually difficult time getting the darn 
>trans. back on!  i used a couple guid studs as suggested by many of you, and 
>i got the holes to line up, but i am stuck about 2 inches off the endplate 
>in the block.  It just doesn't want to slide on as it should.  I have the 
>gearbox in neutral so that i can spin the input shaft to met up with the 
>clutch plate splines, but no dice there.
>
>Can anyone think of any reason this wouldn't go back on?  aside from the 
>splines not being lined up?


The problem could be the the engine might have sank a little bit.  Try using
the stock jack (that came with the Spitfire) with a block of wood placed 
under the oil pan to adjust the height of the engine.  I also found it much 
easier to position the gear box into place from under the car.  

Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
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