This is probably pretty irrelevant and anti-climactic on a day when
'our guys' are over in Afghanistan lettin' it all hang out and
putting their lives on the line, but I finally got the gearbox to go
in! The bellhousing was actually interfering with the
bulkhead/tunnel cover flange in one spot above the where the starter
goes and this is the only reason (I suspect) that I had trouble with
it last night. When under the car I couldn't see what was happening
on the top side of the bellhousing. Today I had help from the
neighbor again and he was able to distort that bulkhead flange just
enough to let the bellhousing scoot by while I pushed it home.
Tonight I'll be bolting everything up and hanging the new exhaust
system. I think I'll go get myself a beer or two to celebrate!
The two guide studs is a GREAT trick. I also like and have tried
using a floor jack, however the relatively small 2-ton floorjack I
have lacks a large jacking platform and so the gearbox is not
supported well at all. In my case this wasn't an option, but I think
in the future I will be using the guide studs. Worked GREAT.
Thanks again to all that offered their tips and tricks.
I'd also like to say how fortunate I feel, having just given the
matter some thought, that while such horrifying things have happened
and are still going on (anthrax and all) I am still able to screw
around with something as trivial and basically STUPID (in the grand
scheme of things, you understand) as an old Triumph sports car and
that I can do so in relative security!
--
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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