[Mgs] 1980 MGB engine removal

[Max Heim]

Obviously, both methods are possible; they have different advantages and problems.

The workshop manual knows what it is talking about and lays out all the steps. If you choose another method it is up to you to work out the order of assembly issues.

Yes, if you pull both there are few extra items to remove, but not many: shift lever, reverse switch wire, OD wires if present, crossmember & trans mount bolts, speedo cable. You also need to raise the car enough for the tailshaft to tilt in.

If you pull just the engine, you have to do all the fiddly stuff (aligning the clutch, undoing and refitting the engine-trans bolts) under the car with limited access, so you have to raise the car anyway.

Sometimes it works like a charm, but on occasion the clutch just won't align and you can spend hours mucking with it, squandering any time you “saved”.

I just did an engine install with the transmission in place (not on an MG), and it took almost two hours to get the engine aligned to the torque converter. We did it that way at the insistence of my buddy (it was his garage and his lift, although it was my car), but I really think we would have been better off doing it my way, with both together. The reason I went along was I was afraid his hoist couldn’t lift the combo high enough to clear the nose of the car. That isn’t really a problem with the low slung MG.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB



> On May 18, 2021, at 9:08 AM, mghirsch at netzero.net wrote:
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> It is possible.  But I have found it easier to pull Both together.  Especially when mating it up to the tranny.  
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> From: S.Carr <britfan1 at epix.net>
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> Subject: [Mgs] 1980 MGB engine removal
> Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 20:09:08 -0400
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> The workshop manual recommends removing the engine and gearbox as one unit.  Has anyone had success removing the engine while leaving the gearbox in place?  All bell housing bolts appear accessible, and a friend would love to not have to remove the console, carpet, gearshift, driveshaft, etc., to get the engine out--the head has serious problems, and he fears the block will too.
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> Thanks,
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> Sarah Carr
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> ‘71 B/GT in PA
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