[Healeys] BJ8 Gearbox Removal

[I Erbs]

I would contact Doug Reid (Mr. Finespanner) and buy one of his remote
bleeder extensions for the clutch slave while you have the gearbox out.

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> The procedure is simple and essentially British:  bolster the gearbox and
> O/D and remove the car from around it.
>
> Actually, I've done a BN2 and a BJ8, and they're basically the same.  For
> the BJ8, remove the seats, console and gearbox cover. Remove the starter,
> and I believe you have to remove the propshaft completely.  Unbolt and
> support the slave cylinder, rear mounts and the fansaver tierod.  Support
> the bellhousing and engine at the backplate, remove the bolts and you can
> pull the gearbox/OD rearward enough to free them, then lift both out of the
> car (in my youth I lifted them myself, but I'm older, weaker and wiser now
> and would need a hoist).
>
> As always, replacement is the reverse of removal.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 1/12/2014 4:26 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:
>
>> G'day
>>
>>
>> I am about to do something that in 42 years of Austin-Healey ownership I
>> have managed to avoid.
>>
>>
>> That's the removal of a BJ8 gearbox.
>>
>>
>> I have removed many a BN1 box and have lost count of the number of times I
>> have removed and refitted the gearbox (100S + OD) in the BN3 and have even
>> removed a gearbox in a real Healey, but never one from a BJ8.
>>
>>
>> Please tell me that apart from the console and other modern (?) stuff
>> there
>> isn't much of a difference?
>>
>>
>> Hoo Roo
>>
>>
>> Patrick Quinn
>>
>> Blue Mountains, Australia
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>>
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>
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