On my series V, I decided not to remove the engine since I expected to
do some major damage being the amateur that I am. According to the
workshop manual, you can just lower the engine and transmission using a
jack of some sort and then disconnect the transmission at the bell housing.
Once the bell housing is off you can tinker away at your leisure.
One thing that did come in handy when installing the new clutch onto the
flywheel was the clutch alignment do-hickey that you insert into the clutch
while your fastening it onto the flywheel. This makes it possible to
insert the transmission shaft when your putting things back together.
Get this tool at Sunbeam Specialties.
I expected the hardest part to be reattaching the transmission because you
had to get the angle of the transmission shaft aligned with the tilted
flywheel and you also had to get the splines of the shaft passed the teeth
of the clutch so some rotation of the transmission housing was expected.
After the transmission shaft is inserted you have to bolt on the bell housing
otherwise something would bend or get crushed if any leteral pressure is
exerted on the transmission shaft.
I decided to rest the transmission on my chest for support so that very
little lateral pressure would be exerted on the transmission shaft once
inserted and then my hands would be free to bolt the bell housing back to the
engine.
A one man job well-done! And I didn't even break anything. Gee, It felt good
after accomplishing that job...
Good luck,
Geoff
-- Geoff Nichols nicholsg(at)bnr.ca Stock 1967 Series V Alpine B395009747
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Sep 05 2000 - 09:15:59 CDT