Bruce,
As an M.G. person I find it difficult to understand why anyboby would even
buy, let alone attempt to fix, a Triumph younger than a TR-6 but I truly
admire your courage in writing of all your trials and tribulations. All of
us who have been sitting back and reading of your misfortunes know that
similar things have happened to us but we're seldom prepared to discuss
them.
Good luck in the days to come and tell us when the your book is about to hit
the market. It'll be a best seller.
Cheers, "Bob".
--
Remember that some days you may be the pigeon, but other days you will be
the statue.
> From: Eganb@aol.com
> Reply-To: Eganb@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:48:02 EST
> To: Triumphs@autox.team.net, british-cars@autox.team.net,
> tr8@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Subject: TR7 BFH#33
>
> Do you have any idea how much I hate learning valuable lessons these days? I
> was so smug at having gotten the transmission/engine back into the car this
> weekend that I was unbearable.
>
> Well, it caught up with me. Tonight I discovered that the slave cylinder
> push rod that acutates the clutch lever was jammed against the rear engine
> plate when we reassembled engine/transmission, and like an idiot I didn't
> check to make sure it was free before dropping said engine/transmission back
> into the car.
>
> I finally managed to pop it loose, and of course the whole clutch lever
> assembly popped off the fulcrum pin inside the bell housing....
>
> Stifling a tremendous urge to either throw up or set the car on fire, I am
> attempting to calmly determine my next course of action. Needless to say the
> transmission will have to come back out to see if anything was damaged, and
> to reset the clutch lever. Surprisingly the push rod doesn't appear bent of
> damaged.
>
> I'm thinking that taking out the transmission by itself is preferable over
> pulling engine/transmission back out again. I have a floor jack that I can
> support the transmission with, and jack stands I can use to lift the rear of
> the car up high.
>
> All in all a terribly disappointing evening. And to think that all I was
> going to do tonight was re-attach the speedometer cable.
>
> Suggestions for proceeding, and locations of discount liquor stores most
> welcome at this point.
>
>
> Bruce
> 1980 Inca Yellow TR7 5-speed convertible
> Chapel Hill, NC
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