[TR] Tranny install question

[Tony Drews]

Another tip - put the tranny in 4th gear and rotate the output shaft 
a bit when you get close.  That helps align the splines into the 
clutch disk.  That's always the hardest part.

Tony

At 11:47 AM 8/12/2014, Jim Henningsen wrote:
>List:
>I am a little rusty when it comes to installing the tranny back in my six.  I
>have a special threaded dowel for the 12 o'clock hole on engine block to act
>as a guide.  Am I supposed to have dowels at the 2 and 8 o'clock positions
>too?  I had heard from one person to install a dowel in huge hole just above
>the top starter mount hole.  Any help would be appreciated as I think it would
>speed up my install time.  Last time I did one with only one dowel and it took
>the two of us 45 minutes of wiggling.  Oh, the motor is installed and I have
>it attached to a hoist so I can adjust up and down as needed without resting
>on the firewall.
>Thanks in advance.
>Jim henningsen
>Ocala fl
>
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