Larry Pitts wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> Not much response to my last post. Are the shouldered bolt/ spring
> washers necessary for mounting the gear shift lever to the transmission??
> Any tricks to installing the eng/tranny as a unit. I had the back end up on
> jack stands. It went in but only after some banging around. I'd hate to
> think that will be the way I'll install the next one in my freshly painted
> engine compartment! One last question, installing the transmission cross
> member was not an easy task. After several hours I finally bolted the
> cross member to the frame allowing the weight of the transmission to rest
> on the rubber mounts and then with an awl try to line up the holes. Not
> pretty ! Is there an easier way?
> Good turn out at the British Car show and swap in Dixon, Ca, last
>week.
> Lots of nice cars and good junk at the swap. Looking forward to Chico in
> June.
>
> Larry Pitts
> fuzzy@castles.com
Theory says that the shouldered bolts and springs secure the plate with spring
tension rather than bolt pressure. Plain bolts could make the lever stiff.
PaulH.
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