[Spits] Transmission installation

[ccullen16 at cogeco.ca]

Thanks for the advice Jim (Michael and James too). I kind of thought that I would need to back it out. I just wasn't
sure if I would get any better results the second time. I have jacked up the block and the tranny and did play around
with the height last night when attempting the job. I didn't back out the tranny though thinking that once I had the
tranny on the guide dowel and the studs I had achieved success. I will try again keeping advice in mind.

Thanks,

Jim Cullen
74 Spitfire

>
> Jim Cullen asked:
>
> > Or, is the fact that the bellhousing is flush to the top
> > of the engine good enough to tighten down the surrounding
> > bolts/nuts?
>
> NOOOO!!!!!
>
> The large block-bellhousing gap at the bottom is telling you that they are not angled properly: the tranny input shaft
> is hitting the clutch from too high an angle, i.e. the crank and input shaft are forming a shallow V.  Most likely
> this is preventing it from entering the pilot bushing, but it could also just be preventing the spines from mating.  I
> don't know how you have everything supported but the action you must take one way or another is to lower the back of
> the tranny so that it and the crank are co -axial.  A related problem is that if you have the block supported too high
> the various protrusions on the tranny may hit the firewall and frustrate you.
>
> There is no substitute for patience.  Also useful are a good helper, 2ft long sections of 2x4 for leverage, an
> adequate supply of swear words, and a good ale waiting for motivation but not so good as to make you rush the job.
>
> But regardless of the tools, do not force it.
>
> Jim Muller
> '80 Spitfire
> '70 GT6+
> plenty of pull-the-tranny experience