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Postby FI Spyder » 23 Jan 2014 17:12

I already had two studs there as part of the attaching mechanism but they weren't precise enough to get the shaft started.


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Postby Stag76 » 25 Jan 2014 06:05

I made this simple tilting table that attaches to an engine crane. Lift the car on the hoist, strap the gearbox to the table, tilt and lift it into place.


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Postby Hasbeen » 25 Jan 2014 07:08

Wow, that is nice Stag.

It shows the difference between you & me.

I make up a slightly shonky cradle to go on the floor jack, [which sort of worked], while you produce a thing of beauty.

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Postby whitenviro » 25 Jan 2014 16:26

Wow: I am basically trying to find enough pieces of 2x4 to build a little cradle that will sit on top of a jack. And trying to get enough blocks together to get the car high enough off the ground. But at least its in a garage with a concrete floor. The last clutch I did I had to shovel the snow off that car and lay on ice the whole time I was under it. Not fun.

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Postby nick » 25 Jan 2014 23:00

Here is another variation for lifting the gearbox to the correct height to align with the engine. You work the crane through the hole in the tunnel.

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Postby Workshop Help » 26 Jan 2014 02:11

Nick, shame on you! This is just plain cheating.

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Postby Stag76 » 26 Jan 2014 06:31

Hi Phil,
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">It shows the difference between you & me.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
It shows who is the smart one...I has probably half way through dreaming how it would work and you already had the job finished.

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Postby FI Spyder » 26 Jan 2014 12:59

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nick</i>

Here is another variation for lifting the gearbox to the correct height to align with the engine. You work the crane through the hole in the tunnel.
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Wow, that's got to be like assembling a ship in a bottle using a construction crane.[:p]

I'd try that with a Spitfire were you can lower the whole transmission in from the top through the huge transmission tunnel but I wouldn't try it myself.



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Postby whitenviro » 27 Jan 2014 00:53

So what could possibly go wrong? I opened the box from my clutch kit to find a Borg & Beck pressure plate, and a Japanese Aisin clutch disc with the wrong spline, for a main shaft about a quarter inch bigger than the TR7. Not even close. "Oops How did that get in there? We'll send you the right disc as soon as possible."



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Postby Cobber » 27 Jan 2014 10:11

Doubled up the message for some reason?
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Postby Cobber » 27 Jan 2014 10:13

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FI Spyder</i>

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nick</i>

Here is another variation for lifting the gearbox to the correct height to align with the engine. You work the crane through the hole in the tunnel.
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Wow, that's got to be like assembling a ship in a bottle using a construction crane.[:p]

I'd try that with a Spitfire were you can lower the whole transmission in from the top through the huge transmission tunnel but I wouldn't try it myself.
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I've always used this method for removing and refitting the gearbox/transfer case assemblies form Landrovers S1, S2 and S3.


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