Hi Larry,
Hope you have better luck installing the next engine, It's tight too.
Mine just cleared with the rib cage tranny. We wouldn't have been able
to install it at all with out a engine level set-up device. Then it
only just managed to clear the steering box and heater duct. What fun,
hope it works out.
Rick
52 MGTD, 74 B, 76 XJ12C, & Puddles (60 Frogeye)
Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
>
> I wasn't getting anywhere with the "B" brake installation on the Bugeye so
> thought I would attempt to install the engine with the Datsun 5 speed in my
> other Bugeye now that I've solved the pressure plate to release bearing
> clearance problem. Attempted to fit it in 6 times, after each attempt,
> pulling it back out and beating on the heater box and lip some more. The
> bottom of the box and the lip are beat to crap and there is still not enough
> room for the damm thing to fit, keeps wedging against the bottom of the
> heater box before the pan clears the front cross member. While taking it out
> the 6th time, the speedometer gear box caught on something and sheared the
> speedometer drive off at the transmission. So now comes the fun part, trying
> to find a speedometer drive for an 82 Datsun 210 without buying the whole
> transmission. This has convinced me of one thing, the Bugeye that I'm
> building will get a Spridget transmission and not a 5 speed. Had I known the
> damage required to the heater box I never would have started this.
>
> Thanks, just blowing off steam.
>
> Larry Miller
> 59 Bugeye (Under Construction And Fighting Back)
> 60 Bugeye (Undergoing 5 Speed Transplant And Resisting)
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