[Healeys] Engine lift

[Bob Spidell]

With the 6-cyl cars, try not to bash the throttle cross shaft in the top 
of the transmission tunnel. If bent, it will affect gas pedal feel and, 
while the engine's out I recommend installing the teflon bushes on the 
shaft. If they've never been replaced they are almost certainly toast.


On 7/27/2022 10:56 AM, HealeyRick wrote:
> Having done this a few times, I'd install the engine and trans 
> together.  Getting the trans lined up requires a lot of rotational 
> twisting of a heavy trans.  No thanks.
>
> Rick Neville
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> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:58 PM Bruce Steele via Healeys 
> <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>     Having pulled and installed the engine and trans as a unit twice
>     and the trans once, I’m of the opinion that installing the engine
>     without the trans is probably easier as far as the engine itself
>     goes.  The clearances between the top of the bellhousing and the
>     firewall and the crank pulley and front cross member are small,
>     requiring a lot of finesse and small adjustments to wiggle the
>     unit in place.  Plus someone with a strong back and a belt under
>     the tail of the trans/OD is needed to lift it up over the X
>     brace.  However if done separately, you’d have to get the fore-aft
>     vertical alignment right and then support the aft end of the
>     engine while you align the input shaft to the pilot bearing and
>     bolt the bellhousing to the engine.  That  was no piece of cake
>     for me when I had the trans out with the engine in place.  On
>     balance, I’d rather connect the engine and trans out of the car
>     and install them as a unit.  But that’s just me.
>
>     Bruce Steele
>
>     Brea, CA
>
>     1960 BN7
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