Just wanted to update that I got the transmission back in. The trick was
suspending a rope "cradle" from one of the beams in my garage to bear the
weight of the front end of the tranny as I guided the little bugger home.
This seemed to work better then trying to use my wheeled hydraulic jack to
support the tranny. It is a strategy I will definitely use if I need to
undertake this job in the future.
Thanks for all the help and especially for the overwhelming opinion that
patience is the main ingredient in accomplishing this task. Knowing this
made the W.H.I.M.'s (What Have I Missed) much less likely to cause me to
force something.Everything is back together now and I am enjoying a much
deserved Ale.
Jim Cullen
1974 Spitfire
----- Original Message -----
From: <ccullen16@cogeco.ca>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:59 AM
Subject: [Spits] Transmission installation
> Looking for a little advice here. I am in the process of installing my
> transmission back into my spitfire. I did this
> once before, but that was 12 years ago, and my memory on how smoothly it
> went in is a bit hazy. My question is this....
> I have the transmission back in place (sort of) with the transmission on
> the guide dowel (as well as the three engine
> studs on top of the bell housing. The problem is I can't really get the
> bell housing of the transmission to mate
> uniformly around the engine. On the top area the bell housing is flush to
> the engine, on the sides it is about 1/3 of an
> inch out, and on the bottom closer to 3/4 of an inch. Last night as I was
> doing this I contemplated bolting in the
> surrounding bolts to see if this would flush up the bell housing to the
> engine. However, previous, applications of
> "Irish Persuasion" have lead to some unfortunate results in other
> applications with my Spit. So, at about 10 pm last
> night I decided to sleep on the issue and perhaps query the list. Should I
> back out the transmission and make another
> attempt at mating the transmission so that the bellhousing is completely
> flush around the circumference of the engine
> prior to tightening any bolts? Or, is the fact that the bellhousing is
> flush to the top of the engine good enough to
> tighten down the surrounding bolts/nuts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Cullen
> 74 Spitfire
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