Steve (er, uh, Lord) , et al
the only suggestion I can make is: in lieu of friendly football player to
"catch" the transmission, try using that neighbor w/ the darling dog that
bark all night (not the dog - not his/her fault).
Note to self: go easy on that clutch and gearbox . . . . .
Of OT interest: My step grandchild asked if I kept my Tiger in the bedroom,
why I asked. Well, its either a Tiger or a Mad Dog in there!! (don't tell
the little darling that Grandma is taking her nap and sometimes SNORES a
little . . . ) Yep, I wet my pants.
motor gently kids!
>
> Kathy and Erich Coiner wrote:
>
> > Laifman wrote:
> >
> > It is not all that difficult to remove the tranny alone,
> but it is very
> > heavy, and a transmission jack is recommended (unless you are have a
> > football team and a grease pit helping you.)
>
> How does one do this? The shop manual says pull the engine
> and tranny
> as a
> unit when you want to work on the clutch.
> The tail end of the trans is buried in the hole thru the X brace
> It appears there is not enough room to slide the trans
> rearward to get the
> input shaft out of the bell housing.
>
> Erich (curious) Coiner (kathy.coiner@gte.net)
>
>
>
> Erich,
>
> Here is how it is done.
>
> 1) ALWAYS support the transmission and the rear of the block.
>
> 2) This was done on a lift on my car, so it is easier to gain
> access to
> the bolts and manhandle the heavy transmission, but can be done with a
> car on high jack stands and a transmission jack, unless you can get a
> full-back to handle the tranny for you.
>
> 3) The hardest trick is removing the two top bell housing to engine
> bolts. This is done with a "wobble" extension between the ratchet and
> the socket. The end of the extention is not square, but
> rounded top and
> bottom of the part that goes into the socket. This allows some
> angularity to the socket, so the extension is not in direct line with
> the bolt. In this manner, you can get the socket between the bell
> housing and the firewall from below, and still have it angle onto the
> bolt head. Available from Snap-On, with socket attached, for
> $$$$$$$$$$,
> or as universal extensions in a three length set from the Pep Boys for
> about $10.
>
> 4) You must remove the rear motor mount/cross member from the tranny,
> and disconnect the tranny from the bell housing, and the
> driveshaft, and
> disconnect the clutch slave mounting and speedo cable.
>
> 5) After disconnecting above, and by moving the transmission back
> through that X member hole, using the transmission jack and
> NOT damaging
> the pilot bearing.
>
> 6) You will be able to manipulate the bell housing and remove it from
> the car.
>
> 7) Now you can move the tranny forward, and angle it, past
> the flywheel
> to clear the cross member and remove it.
>
> 8) The engine is now free from all that extra length, and can
> be removed
> from the engine bay with a vertical hoist. Be careful of all the other
> things you must do to prevent damage to accessories,
> radiator, etc, like
> any good "wrench" would know.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> If I have inadvertantly left out some important details, or made some
> errors, I will glady accept knowlegeable corrections. My car was done
> this way, but by good mechanics, not little me, but I know
> the process.
>
>
> For future need for this information, or additional illumination by
> others, it has been copy/pasted to the TigersUnited Forum
> under both the
> FORUM Rootes Workshop Manual Subjects "Section B - Engine",
> and "Section
> E - Gearbox", as it is applicable in both processes. If you have
> additional information, post it there for posterity.
>
> I recommend that other list contributors do the same thing to preserve
> their efforts for future use by others, and to avoid sending the same
> answer when yet another enthusiast has the same problem and can't find
> the old post.
>
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>
> Steve
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