Hi Dave,
You really see drilling a hole in the bellhousing area and accessing
the clutch retsining bolts one at a time while having to rotate the
crank 180 degrees between bolts as easier than pulling the engine off
the tranny? And you see it as easier to have to fish the bolts back
thru that hole and rotate the crank umpteen times so as to take up the
tension on the pressure plate evenly? And it's better to run the risk
of weakening the casting and getting trash into the flywheel housing
later on thru that hole? All this to save a few bucks from renting a
hoist?
I just can't agree with your logic. Horses for courses, I guess.
CR
David Councill wrote:
>
> I have done it this way several times, with an o/d transmission. However,
> just pulling the transmission back is not quite enough. You have to unbolt
> the clutch pressure plate from the flywheel also.
>
> The trick I learned was to drill a hole in the transmission close to where
> it bolts to the engine - with a hole about 1" in diameter, you can access
> and unbolt the clutch from the flywheel. Then you have to pull the
> transmission far enough back to pull it down and retrieve the clutch parts.
>
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