Ron -
It is helpful to have an engine lift and two, preferably three able
bodied hands, but you can lift the gearbox and OD out from the
passenger compartment.
Actually, it's a little harder to get it back in than pull it out.
Some use blocks on a skateboard when putting the gearbox back in...
but I've never tried that.
It's good to do this on the floor because you can put blocks under the
motor to keep if from stressing the motor mounts when the gearbox
isn't there to support the back of the motor.
The whole operation requires some muscle, but it can be done relatively easily.
Good Luck!
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 3/6/06, Ron Fine <RonFineEsq@earthlink.net> wrote:
> You know how it feels when you first realize you've make a major dumb
> mistake and now you have to live with it or go back and fix it? Well, I just
> realized that I installed the oil pump cam backwards in my overdrive. I
> guess I could just not have a working overdrive but that would drive me nuts
> so the overdrive must come out of my newly restored BN7. Here is the
> question:
>
> Is it possible to remove the overdrive leaving the transmission in place in
> the car? It doesn't look possible but I thought I would ask.
>
> Secondly, If I have to remove the transmission with the overdrive, (I don't
> want to pull the engine), would you suggest dropping it out the bottom or
> lifting it out through the passenger compartment? I've seen posts
> discussing lifting it out through the passenger compartment but I don't know
> if that was just because there was no way to lift the car high enough to
> drop it down.
>
> Any help is always appreciated.
>
> Ron
>
> 61BN7
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