It is very hard to line up and bolt a spridget transmission to the engine if it
is in the bay. The pan under the tunnel means the transmission must go in first
and then with the engine swinging around you need to line up the input shaft
and then bolt it together. Not easy to do with the engine.
Steve
Sent from me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com>
Sender: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.netDate: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:38:48
To: BJNoSHOV8<bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] really dumb question, dont laugh
As I recall Frank preferred to install the engine with the transmission
attached. Can anyone on the list tell me why? Is it because it is more
difficult to line up the engine to the transmission on an angle like that?
Lin
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:12 PM, BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> I've built a LOT of engines, and never used an engine stand. However for
> some things I think there might be an advantage.
>
> We had a couple of steel tables in our shop, made out of steel pipe, steel
> angles, and pretty thick steel on the top. We would set a block on the
> table upside down. Then install the cam bearings, cam and crankshaft. Then
> we would screw 4 of the bellhousing bolts into the back of the engine and
> turn it up on its back end. The bolts would stick out enough to hold the
> block up and provide clearance for the flange end of the crankshaft. Then
> we would put the pistons in, put the heads, intake, and covers on. Then we
> would paint the whole thing. (A little paint on the table never hurt
> anything.) We would bolt a plate with a big loop on it in place of the
> carburetor (for V engines), pick the engine up with our hoist, and lower it
> into the car.
>
> Nowadays it seems to be in vogue to use an engine stand, then one of those
> little wheel-around hoists to pick up the engine, bolt the transmission on
> and wrangle the whole thing into a car. We had a hoist on a track in the
> roof of our shop, and we never put engine/transmission in at the same time.
> We worked on lots of cars where this would not have been possible due to
> the size of the opening. (I defer to the people with experience on LBC's
> regarding installing with or without the transmission in place, but for most
> other cars it is easier without.) Of course many cars these days use
> subframes and it is easier to drop the whole subframe out the bottom.
>
>
>
>
> I have painted lots of engines without an engine stand. You have to
>> paint
>> the bottom of the sump first or once it's in a car.
>>
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