[Healeys] Installing a BJ8 tranny.

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

Greg:  Having done this years ago, I swore that I would never remove the 
trany/od through the cockpit again.  It was far easier to remove the engine 
and trany/od all in one piece and be able to work on everything without 
other parts or body parts interfering.  It can be a one man job then.  I 
violated that rule recently to have my trany and od rebuilt.  I was 
convinced that the firewall hole shrunk after removing and before replacing.

For my BJ8, the secret seemed to be the slight twist counterclockwise as my 
son discovered during the removal process.  The parts of Michael Salter's 
e-mail that I have left below are important to pay attention to.  Although a 
bear to get in, once all the wide parts are past the firewall, the rest is a 
matter of lining up the two components by adjusting engine and transmission 
into the parallel relationship.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
To: "Greg Mandas" <gmandas at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Team Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Installing a BJ8 tranny.


> Hi Greg, that's a fun job.
> Best is to have 2 people.
>
> The guy under the car has to lift the front of the gearbox slightly and
> direct operations.
>
> You need to rotate the assembly a little to allow the starter bump on the
> bell housing to pass through the bulkhead.

> The guy below watches the gap between the bellhousing and the engine back
> plate to ensure that they are parallel.
>
> You can raise or lower the engine on the jack and move the back of the
> gearbox side to side to get the back plate and bell housing parallel which
> is the big secret.
>
> Michael Salter