<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Obviously, both methods are possible; they have different advantages and problems.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 18, 2021, at 9:08 AM, <a href="mailto:mghirsch@netzero.net" class="">mghirsch@netzero.net</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">It is possible. But I have found it easier to pull Both together. Especially when mating it up to the tranny. <br class="">---------- Original Message ----------<br class="">From: S.Carr <<a href="mailto:britfan1@epix.net" class="">britfan1@epix.net</a>><br class="">To: MGs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>><br class="">Subject: [Mgs] 1980 MGB engine removal<br class="">Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 20:09:08 -0400<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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 <em class="">not</em> 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.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Carr</p><p class="MsoNormal">‘71 B/GT in PA</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" class="">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div>
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