Brian Evans wrote:
I agree with Brian!
I have made a large hook from 1/4" mild steel rod and bent it to drop
into the opening aft of the tranny and slide the universal into the
hook.
Then as someone slides the driveshaft forward another person lifts
the hook up to align the shaft to the tranny and it works like a dream.
I'd look for easier ways to remove and install rather than cut open
access hatches with cover plates.
Alan
> The area of greatest stress in the tunnel is the upper curved section,
> and
> the bottom flat section. If you remove metal in those areas, the
> structure
> will be weakened far more than if you remove metal in the vertical
> sides of
> the tunnel. The vertical sections of the tunnel resist twist, and the
> most
> important part of the car vis-a-vis twist is the sill sections. The
> curved
> upper part of the tunnel, in combination with the flat bottom, resist
> bending ("banana-ing" of the car).
>
> Since you only install the driveshaft to the tranny infrequently, why
> not
> learn how to do it easily by using little tricks like wrapping the
> u-joint
> with masking tape, rather than cutting the car? On my race car, I
> install
> the tranny and driveshaft as a unit, then install the engine after
> they're
> in place.
>
> Brian
>
> At 09:57 AM 12/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Need some advice:
> >
> >Haiving installed the Datsun 5-speed kit, which is
> >truly a great upgrade, I would like to improve access
> >to the back end of the transmission and the front U joint.
> >
> >Rather than trying to make an access panel in the bottom
> >plate of the tunnel, under the transmission, which looks
> >like it might weaken the structure, why could I not cut
> >the top of the tunnel (what we kids in the 50's called
> >"the hump"). I could get some galvanized sheet metal to
> >form a piece that would wrap around the hump and attach
> >to the sides with sheet-metal screws. Then I could just
> >remove the screws to access the tunnel.
> >
> >Question: How much strength is supplied by the belly plate,
> >and how much is supplied by the "hump?"
> >
> >chuck
> >
> >
> >--
> >=====================================================
> >
> >chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
> >
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