Someone I know wraps the UJ and driveshaft with masking tape to hold it
straight while he stabs it into the gearbox. The tape eventually flies
off and either stays in the tunnel, where it does no harm, or finds its
way out the rear.
I don't have this issue because my '74 has a hole cut from the factory.
I know several racers that cut an access hole as a matter of course when
preparing the car.
David Littlefield
'62 MGA MkII
'51 MGTD
'74 MG Midget vintage racer
'61 Jaguar E-Type OTS
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 21:06:57 +0100 "Guy Weller"
<guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> Hi John,
> Now I got laughed at by just about everone on this list for this
> tip
> last year, but, believe me it works!
>
> For some reason, when sitting in the Sprite one imagines that the
> distance between the gearbox output shaft and the rear of the
> tunnel
> is longer than it really is. It is quite easy to lie under the car
> and
> reach one arm along the tranny tunnel from the rear and line up the
> front UJ on the drive shaft and push it onto the gearbox output
> shaft.
> Sounds improbable but it is easy. And no, I do not have undulely
> long
> skinny arms, at least not to my mind
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