I admit I'm new at this stuff, never having put my TR250 engine and
tranny in, but the body shop owner, Roger, and I took it out easily as a
single unit. The car was on 4 jack stands, I ran the hoist, and Roger
was underneath muscling the tail of the transmission.
Came out very easily. Is there some reason it won't go back in just as
easily? Seems if we had one of those tilting things on the hoist it
would have been even easier than easy.
Based on my admittedly limited experience, I can't imagine putting it in
as two pieces. Am I missing something?
Don Malling
Navarrette, Vance wrote:
> Folks:
>
> Well, the long rebuild saga is on the downhill side, and it is a
>
> mighty good feeling.
> The engine has been done for a long time, and it looks great. It
> is
> now sitting back in the engine compartment. Painted a gloss black, with
> all new bolts (no more rusty, crusty fasteners sticking out all over the
> place) it looks pretty happy. New motor mounts, too.
> The transmission rebuild is done, and I added a J-type overdrive
> to the box, so I will have 6 speeds. Woo-hoo! I used Hylomar all
> over the place, and it doesn't leak any oil so far.
> Here is my current issue:
>
> I am attempting to get the transmission to mate with the engine
> (I put the engine and tranny in separately) and I'll be darned if the
> two units will go together. This is aggravated by the fact that the
> tranny is now almost 100lbs with the OD, and I have no clue as to what
> I am doing, as always. Moving it around is pretty tough for my 50 year
> old body, so everything is done with much grunting, huffing, and
> puffing.
> I used the Moss clutch tool when installing the clutch and
> pressure plate. That seemed to go without a hitch. (Brand new Borg and
> beck clutch unit...so fine.)
> I have the rear of the engine sitting on a jack stand, with
> about
> 1/4" clearance from the top of the tranny tunnel. I can get the
> transmission
> to barely engage the 3 mounting studs on the top of the motor, so the
> top of the tranny is about 1" away from the motor. The bottom edge of
> the tranny is another story, being about 1-1/2" from the motor,
> indicating
> that the two are ever so slightly misaligned. The tail of the tranny is
> resting on the transmission mounts, so it won't go lower unless I remove
> the
> mount. The tranny is in second gear, so I can rotate the output flange
> to
> turn the input shaft.
> So here are some questions:
>
> 1. Is this amount of mis-alignment enough to keep them from
> mating?
> 2. Any tricks that I need to know?
> 3. Should I pull the motor and insert the tranny with the motor?
> (Ack!)
> 4. Is there a special tool I need (A sky hook, for example)?
>
>
> Any tips would be appreciated.
>
> Stumped,
>
> Vance
>
>
>
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> 1974 Mimosa Yellow Triumph TR6
> Cogito Ergo Zoom
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