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1. [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: ccullen16@cogeco.ca; Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:59:34 -0400; Looking for a little advice here. I am in the process of installing my transmission back into my spitfire. I did this once before, but that was 12 years ago, and my memory on how smoothly it went in; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00001.html (8,066 bytes)
2. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:18:31 -0400 (EDT); Jim Cullen asked: NOOOO!!!!! The large block-bellhousing gap at the bottom is telling you that they are not angled properly: the tranny input shaft is hitting the clutch from too high an angle, i.e.; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00002.html (7,509 bytes)
3. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: ccullen16@cogeco.ca; Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:38:13 -0400; Thanks for the advice Jim (Michael and James too). I kind of thought that I would need to back it out. I just wasn't sure if I would get any better results the second time. I have jacked up the block; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00003.html (9,126 bytes)
4. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:15:31 -0700 (PDT); Did you have the clutch taken apart? If so, did you use the proper alignment tool to get the clutch disk centered when you reassembled it? In my experience, trying to center it by eye almost never wo; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00004.html (8,369 bytes)
5. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: "Daniel Parrott" <parrotthead01@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:35:07 -0400; My thoughts exactly! Dan Parrott Savannah, Ga 1980 Triumph Spitfire "PJ" 1972/1978 Spit Six Project car "Joseph" Did you have the clutch taken apart? If so, did you use the proper alignment tool to g; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00005.html (8,693 bytes)
6. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: Nick Moseley <nmoseley@dccnet.com>; Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:50:33 -0700; I second that experience. (In my experience, trying to center it by eye almost never works.) The last time I did this, the alignment tool that had been purchased since the time before, had gone on wa; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00006.html (8,003 bytes)
7. Re: [Spits] Transmission installation (score: 1): Author: "Doug Braun" <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 16:16:22 +0000; I have a mini-lathe, so when I needed a centering tool, I was able to quickly make one from a piece of solid PVC. You could also make one from hardwood if you had a wood lathe... Doug _______________; /html/spitfires/2009-10/msg00007.html (7,098 bytes)

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