On 3/14/98 6:42 PM so and so Larry and Sandi Miller said. (And I quote)
>I wasn't getting anywhere with the "B" brake installation on the Bugeye so
>thought I would attempt to install the engine with the Datsun 5 speed in my
>other Bugeye now that I've solved the pressure plate to release bearing
>clearance problem. Attempted to fit it in 6 times, after each attempt,
>pulling it back out and beating on the heater box and lip some more. The
>bottom of the box and the lip are beat to crap and there is still not enough
>room for the damm thing to fit, keeps wedging against the bottom of the
>heater box before the pan clears the front cross member. While taking it out
>the 6th time, the speedometer gear box caught on something and sheared the
>speedometer drive off at the transmission. So now comes the fun part, trying
>to find a speedometer drive for an 82 Datsun 210 without buying the whole
>transmission. This has convinced me of one thing, the Bugeye that I'm
>building will get a Spridget transmission and not a 5 speed. Had I known the
>damage required to the heater box I never would have started this.
>
>Thanks, just blowing off steam.
>
>Larry Miller
>59 Bugeye (Under Construction And Fighting Back)
>60 Bugeye (Undergoing 5 Speed Transplant And Resisting)
>
>
Not exactly sure but it seems to me as if you should have tried putting
the tranny in first and then the engine. I know that stabbing the pilot
shaft is a pain but if you already had them together maybe not so bad.
Worth a shot??
Larry Macy
78 MIdget
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