After spending a lot of time struggling to get the bottom end mated back up
with the tranny, I am envious of people who own engine pullers, and also of
people who have trucks so that they can go out and rent engine pullers. One
handy piece of equipment I discovered was this little plastic thing shaped
exactly like the shaft coming out of the tranny. Just loosen up the clutch
plate, insert plastic thing, and voila...clutch is in alignment. Made
putting the engine back in much easier. Don't ever trust the Haynes manual
when it says you can align the clutch using a screwdriver and your eyes.
Unless maybe you have an engine puller.
Now that I am putting the engine that was originally destined for my project
car into the now dysfunctional free car, I am considering looking into other
alternatives for the project car. Somebody has mentioned that I could put
an entire Datsun 210 engine/tranny combo into this car (my project's a '75).
Anybody tried this? I also know of a Mazda and Toyota conversion, but they
require a lot of cutting I think. Anybody know of any others? I may take
my parts car and cut it up (since all that's left is rust held together by
16 layers of paint) and just see what all will fit in there.
Anyway, like the subject suggests, I was just sitting at work drifting
away...musing about log homes and reliable Midgets. ;-) I want at least
one of each.
adrian
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J. Adrian Barnes, MCP
Business Information Group
http://www.workgroup.net
http://www.midgetweb.com
Phone: 423.777.1382 x23
Fax: 423.777.1383
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