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Re: More info about underneath clutch replacement

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Subject: Re: More info about underneath clutch replacement
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:41:11 -0700
I think you may very well be right. But I speculated you could disconnect 
all the engine accessories (and radiator?), and push the engine forward 
and up slightly (supported by a floor jack), and actually pull it off. Of 
course, then you ask, where is the advantage? I don't know if there is a 
good rejoinder for that. Possibly if there was nowhere nearby to rent a 
hoist, or it was a holiday, or you didn't have adequate overhead room in 
your shed, it might be worth attempting. Or perhaps merely as an 
experiment, for the adventurous and not-easily-daunted. Maybe he can 
settle the question once and for all!

Charley & Peggy Robinson had this to say:

>
>  I flat don't believe it will work.  Fisher Jones, who has worked on
>every LBC known to man, says he tried it once, just to see.  The tranny
>wouldn't come out.  By the time you move it far enough back to clear the
>clutch it won't tilt down because the larger diameter of the tailshaft
>housing is engaged within the fixed crossmember.
>
>  Anyway, think about it.  You'd still havre to remove the driveshaft,
>rear mounts and crossmember. Also the slave cylinder.  A bit more work
>and the whole thing is out on the bench.  A pox on the whole idea!
>
>  CR
>


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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