My 2" -- pull the engine and tranny together. After all, it's the tranny you
want out of the car, right? And it's way easier to mate them together out
where you can see to line everything up. Space shouldn't be an issue if you
can leave the garage door open and back the car out as necessary. If you
don't use the adjustable-angle hoist thingy (that someone else mentioned)
you probably want a helper, though.
Since you are using the same engine and flywheel and know the actual mileage
on the clutch I reluctantly agree you can reuse it. Generally I strongly
recommend replacing it when you have the engine out.
on 5/13/01 10:38 PM, James Schulte at schultejim@prodigy.net wrote:
> I'm getting ready to swap a O/D tranny I just bought. I'll be pulling
> the engine out of my 70B. I'm not sure if I have enough room in my
> garage to pull both engine and tranny together. Anyone done the
> homework on how much room one needs to do both? Otherwise, I'd like to
> hear debate on which is easier and why. With limited space, and just
> an engine lift, 6 jack stands, one 2 1/2 ton floor jack, one 2 ton
> hydrolic jack and 50 year old muscle I'll be attempting this soon after
> I have a majority vote from you the experts....
> Also, if anyone has recently completed such a change, please let me know
> your list of parts to have ready to complete the job. The current
> engine was put in less then 2,000 miles ago(taken from another donor
> car), so I'm hoping the clutch plate and throw out bearing are good
> (they were replaced at time of donation 2 summers ago). I have a spare
> throw out bearing, but no signs of any trouble to expect changing
> current one. What else do I need?
> TIA
> Jim
> 70B
> 78B
>
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