Now, from what experience I've had with Hondas, which isn't much, they
aren't quite my favorite make of car, is that their crank rotates in a
direction contrary to the popular. So if you wanted to drop in an engine
from anything else, you'd be in a situation similar to yours. Unless, of
course, you flip the differential upside-down. I've only seen this done a
few times, and it seems to work fine. Might the same be possible if you
wanted to keep your "really quiet 3:55 gear"?
-Ryan Irwin
'61 Midget
>
> I've had a couple of cars dragged into the shop with the same kind of
> problems including a neighborhood kid who towed in a cobbled up MGB that
he
> bought as an unfinished project he'd salvaged from a junkyard for a
hundred
> bucks. Imagine my surprise when I got the engine wired, plumbed and
fired
> up, put it into reverse where it moved forward. Tried first thru fourth,
> and it moved backwards... whoa...... Previous owner didn;t have a
rearend
> for an MGB handy - he simply bolted in whatever he found at the junkyard
that
> fit between the springs and welded the rear ujoint plate directly to the
diff
> yoke and welded the shock links straight to the diff tubes. A pair of
tubing
> couplers adapted the brake lines, and the e-brake ends were welded to the
> levers. Shame, too, because it was a really quiet 3:55 gear....
> Mark C ... late of Union Jack Spares and Repairs Chesapeake VA
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