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I was swapping the transmission on a friend's TR7.=C2=A0 I wrestled with i=
t all morning (those things are not light).=C2=A0 Finally he says "Lets sto=
p for lunch."=C2=A0 After lunch I climbed back under the car and voi la, it=
slipped right in.=C2=A0=20
Trying to get a 100 lb part perfectly aligned in a tight space is more luck=
than anything.
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Dave=20
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Fri, Nov 12, 2021 11:43 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Incantation
In one of Carroll Smith's "<...> to Win" books he tells a story of a=20
late night before the morning race where he and another guy put a=20
transmission back in a car.=C2=A0 They get it all in place, ready to wrestl=
e=20
with it to get it to mate with the engine, and wham!=C2=A0 It slides right=
=20
in, first time, perfectly.=C2=A0 They look at each other and both come to t=
he=20
conclusion they forgot to put the spigot bushing in.=C2=A0 They've done thi=
s=20
before, transmissions don't just slide into place in seconds.
So, they remove the transmission, take a look and the spigot bush is,=20
indeed, right where it should be, not left on the bench.=C2=A0 So they go t=
o=20
put the gearbox back into place, and as you might have guessed, it takes=20
hours to get it lined up and in place again.
mjb.
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the car and voi la, it slipped right in. <br>
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<div><font size=3D"3">Trying to get a 100 lb part perfectly aligned in a ti=
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size=3D"2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com><br>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
Sent: Fri, Nov 12, 2021 11:43 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Incantation<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">In one of Carroll Smith's "<...> to Win" books he te=
lls a story of a <br clear=3D"none">late night before the morning race wher=
e he and another guy put a <br clear=3D"none">transmission back in a car.&n=
bsp; They get it all in place, ready to wrestle <br clear=3D"none">with it =
to get it to mate with the engine, and wham! It slides right <br clea=
r=3D"none">in, first time, perfectly. They look at each other and bot=
h come to the <br clear=3D"none">conclusion they forgot to put the spigot b=
ushing in. They've done this <br clear=3D"none">before, transmissions=
don't just slide into place in seconds.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"non=
e">So, they remove the transmission, take a look and the spigot bush is, <b=
r clear=3D"none">indeed, right where it should be, not left on the bench.&n=
bsp; So they go to <br clear=3D"none">put the gearbox back into place, and =
as you might have guessed, it takes <br clear=3D"none">hours to get it line=
d up and in place again.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">mjb.
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