Greetings, Everyone,
I haven't posted in some time as it's been happy motoring with my '62 TR4.
Yesterday, however, just a mile or two from home, my gearbox started making a
loud 'whirring' noise in third gear. Just third gear.
I'm guessing a bearing failed. Perhaps it's this infamous 'tophat' bearing I've
heard of.
As fate would have it, I secured a 4-speed gearbox just a couple of months ago
to swap in while my OD gearbox goes to spend some quality time with our local
TR gearbox guru. I guess that's going to happen NOW.
Here's my question: What is the best means of supporting the engine while
swapping the gearbox in and out. I've just used a jack in the past when
replacing my flywheel assembly, but then the car can't be moved that way.
I'm assuming I can just 'pop' the other gearbox in, but on occasion I have
witnessed that the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. So in case of
the unlikely event my plans don't work out.....
Has anyone out there devised a clever method of supporting the engine while the
gearbox is out that allows the car to be rolled around?
I was thinking of some sort of 2x4 thing going across the two flat spots on
either side of the firewall and some webbing. Before I reinvent the wheel, I
figured I'd poll the collective wisdom of the list.
Thanks in advance,
-jeffrey
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