Matt:
Two of the set bolts screw into the rear tranny support vertically from the
bottom of the car. They are located just to the rear of the cutout for the
tranny in the bellypan. The other two bolts go horizontally into the
sides of the transmission tunnel inside the cockpit, just below and in
front of the gearshift, one on each side.
It is possible, though difficult, to remove the upper slave cylinder
mounting bolt with the gearbox in the car. I forget whether I finally got
it with a box end or open end wrench, but I did get it out and put it back
without disconnecting the hydraulic line. Good luck.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Matt Liggett <mliggett-receive-spridgets@elise.kiva.net>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: clutch slave cyl & gearbox bracket [pulling engine]
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 12:09 PM
>
> I'm fixing to pull the engine and tranny from my '70 Midget (1275). I've
> never done this job before. I've got everything disconnected except:
>
> Gearbox bracket removed from body
> Slave cylinder removed from bell-housing
>
> The latter, I can get the lower mounting bolt removed, but the upper one
> seems obscured by a "frame rail" (sic). I'm tempted to just remove the
> hydraulic line, but I'd like to avoid catching the fluid and bleeding the
> clutch later.
>
> The gearbox bracket, the book says there are 2 set bolts on either side
> of the tunnel and 2 beneath. Can someone give me some clues here? Some
> directions based on known landmarks on the bottom of the tranny?
> Everything else is ready (except my engine stand ;-) and I'm gettin'
> itchy.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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