Re: Tranny Removal

tsmith(at)coresys.net
Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:15:13 -0500

I agree that it is much easier to pull the combo. Always has been. I thought the question was how to do it from the bottom. Even if you do it from the bottom, take the hood off. That's the first step. If you don't have ramps, pull the engine/trans combo. You'll spend almost all this project under the car. And I like the idea of taking more out so you can clean more.

Terry

-----Original Message----- From: Steve Hoult <stevehoult(at)home.com> To: Robert Bailey <RBailey(at)doa.state.la.us>; alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net> Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 3:28 PM Subject: Re: Tranny Removal

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>>Unless you have a lift, and plenty of help, PULL THE ENGINE!
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>I second that. My experience is with the a '60 and '62 Alpine, but it was
>much easier to pull the engine tranny from the top, then to pull only the
>tranny from the rear. My '62 had a 1st gear that would pop out so I swapped
>in the '60 transmission. I did it from the bottom. NEVER again! When the
>clutch went I pulled the entire assembly. More connections to deal with,
but >less of a hassle. After that lesson, I have always pulled the engine/tranny
>combo on OBSCs (Old British Sports Cars).
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>Besides, think of all the cleaning you can do while the engine is out ;-)
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>Steve Hoult '89 MR2 SC ASP9
>www.mr2sc.com
>Got Boost?
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