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RE: "Locate engine in gearbox" huhh!

To: "'Nick Moseley'" <nmoseley@dccnet.com>,
Subject: RE: "Locate engine in gearbox" huhh!
From: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:39:06 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net [mailto:spitfires-
> owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Nick Moseley
> 
> That is how the manual states one should re-install an engine into the car
> when one has been removed leaving the gearbox in the car.
> Just spent an aggravating afternoon trying to do just that.

Hi Nick,
While it's straightforward to take out the gearbox in isolation, I've never
been tempted to take the engine out and leave the 'box behind. It's a lot
less work to remove and replace both as a unit. 
Cheers,
Bill.

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