James,
Sorry to read of a bad day, made so by a protruding connecting rod.
Yes, you can separate drive shaft at the sliding joint, though it's
not the preferred way. Carefully mark the two parts of the shaft so that
you can get the splines back together in the same place. Mark front
part, then the round nut, then the rear shaft itself. Mark all three
places, because the round nut will be loosened during cleanup and
reassembly of the shaft, thus it won't be a good reference point for
reassembly.
Those flange nuts can be awfully tough to turn; wrench handles never
seem to be long enough.
Bob
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:38:07 -0700 (PDT) James Harwood
<james.harwood@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Every thing except the prop-shaft is disconnected. I
> just could not turn the nuts on the gearbox to
> propshaft flange. I was able to disconnect the prop
> shaft at the Diff end.
>
> Could anyone advise on any problems I may have when
> hauling the engine and transmission out in this kind
> of situation? Will the prop shaft separate at the
> splines?
>
> Reason for removal: there's something that looks
> suspiciously like a con-rod protruding through a hole
> punched in the oil pan. Yesterday was a bad day ;-)
>
> TIA,
> James
> 74 MGB (currently a great boat anchor)
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