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Re: AARRGGHH...TR3 engine installation

To: Harris Goodkind <tr_250@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AARRGGHH...TR3 engine installation
From: Dave Brackin <dbrackin@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:23:56 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: BRACKIN LABORATORIES
References: <19980824043736.681.rocketmail@send1d.yahoomail.com>
Harris,
couldn't resist responding,  I have TR250 #CD4313L and am currently
rebuilding a '57 TR3.  Parallel worlds?
Good Luck with the engine,  BTW I would recommend removing the apron.
Just use a lot of taped on padding around the opening when you pull it
loose.
Dave

Harris Goodkind wrote:

> Help!
> Please don't tell me I have to remove the front end of my TR3 to
> install the engine!
> I got the car with the engine in the passenger compartment, so I don't
> know how it came out.  The car was painted and the owner gave up.
> Maybe he realized the engine just WON'T go in!
> The trouble I am having is the front of the motor will hit the apron
> and the back hits the firewall.  I just can't get enough room to get
> the front of the motor under the apron and let the back down.  I have
> already installed the gearbox, so it is just the engine that has to go
> in.  None of the books say I need to remove the apron.  Am I missing
> something really obvious?
> (It was 90+ degrees here today and the sun beats right into the garage
> int he late afternoon...maybe I am suffering from heat stroke.)
> Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> ==
> Harris Goodkind
> Hanford, California
> '62 TR3B  TSF363L
> '68 TR250 CD4914L




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