Over the years I have done this job a bunch of times on both my own and
customer's cars. All I can think of is if the input shaft of the trans in
not in the hole in the clutch plate the engine will stick too far forward.
How big a gap are we talking about here between the engine and trans? 1/2"
or 3"?
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:
> Hi John - thanks for the offer but we are going to try dropping/moving back
> the rear cross-member first. I did think about the pulley, but apart from
> the
> problems of undoing the nut with the engine out I doubt we could refit it
> with
> the engine in, without pulling the rack forwards! If I had to do that I'd
> rather do it first and leave the pulley alone.
>
> Cheers,
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
>
> I encountered this problem years ago. As I recall, there were at least
> two
> different size diameter crank pulleys. I was installing a later engine
> into
> my chrome bumper 1973 and encountered the same problem. I had to change to
> the smaller diameter pulley to clear the steering rack. I hope this helps
> you.
>
> I may still have both sizes of crank pulleys. If you need dimensions I
> can
> take a look through my parts bin.
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