I've done it both ways more times than I care to think about.
Trans is easier to mate to the engine out of the car, but the assembly is
harder to reinstall. You need a cherry picker that goes real high if you do
it this way.
Mating the engine to the trans in the car is not that much trouble if you
have a couple of things
1. A pre-moulded clutch alignment tool
2. a jack to put under the bell housing to bring the bell housing up.
If you have both of these mating the engine to trans is not very hard in the
car.
Also on a Midget, the bolts are a little tight around the bell housing but
doable. However back when I did these regularly I was a bunch of years
younger and more flexible than I am now, so if bending double is a real
bitch do the engine and trans together.
You also don't need to lift the engine as high to get just the engine in.
$.02
Rick
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Mike Eldred <redscirocco@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I'm getting ready to R & R the clutch on my '73 midget. Does anyone have
> an
> opinion as to whether it's easier or better to remove just the engine, or
> the
> engine & gearbox together. My initial thought was that pulling the two
> together would be easier - mainly because access to the mounting hardware
> would be easier. (I have a grease pit, and can easily get at the
> transmission
> mount bolts & propeller shaft.)
>
>
>
> My second thought is that removing the engine alone might mean more blind
> wrench turning in hard to reach places (and maybe not) but the actual
> extraction and replacement would be easier. And since I have the grease
> pit,
> swapping out the slave cylinder & throwout bearing with the transmission in
> situ shouldn't be too difficult.
>
>
>
> Your thoughts?
>
>
>
> -Mike Eldred
>
> Wilmington, VT
>
> '73 Midget
>
> '54 MG TF
>
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