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From: <Eganb@aol.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>;
<tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:24 PM
Subject: TR7 BFH#34
> The clutch saga continues. I managed to separate the transmission from
the
> engine with said engine still in car. however the minute i got it off i
> realized there was no way in heck i could line it back up for
> re-installation. so, what the heck, we pulled the engine out, which of
> course is much easier when the tranny isn't attached.
>
> then i sat in the engine bay and man-handled the transmission up and out
as
> well. as suspected, the clutch lever had popped off the fulcrum pin. in
> retrospect, when the rod was jammed against the engine backplate, i should
> have used a screwdriver to push slowly against the clutch lever to release
> the pressure on the rod. by popping the rod free with hammer and
> screwdriver, the pressure plate probably pushed the throwout bearing back
> quickly, causing the clutch lever to pop off since it didn't have any
> resistance from the clutch rod, since the slave cylinder wasn't attached.
>
> so, the plan is to reattach tranny and engine tonight and try slipping it
> back in again. And I'll double check the clutch parts to make sure I
didn't
> leave packing clips or something else in there!.....
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 Convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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