[Spridgets] Morriservice 5-speed installation issues. WARNING: Spridget content.

Jon Paschke jpaschke at bak.rr.com
Sat Jan 22 21:19:26 MST 2011


I had the same problem with my yoke, I found that over the years the 
tunnel had been smashed down a bit. What I did was slide a scissor jack 
in the tunnel after taking the drive shaft out and with the long jack 
handle I was able to jack the tunnel back up again enough for good 
clearance.
Try a BFH on  frame rail box to get clearance for the slave. (G)
> Hal
> Are you using the Spridget slave and cradle from Paul or are you using the
> stock Datsun 210 slave? The Datsun one won't fit very well.
> The trans mount is a bit tall and very often needs the tunnel to be pushed up
> a bit to clear the zerk.
> I have some trans mounts that mount the trans about 3/8" lower if you want to
> investigate that.
> BillM
>
>> the bolt is touching the frame rail.  I see no way to move the tranny to
> the
>> right to increase clearance above zero.
>> 2.  The replacement yoke that came with the kit has the zerk fitting on the
>> end of one of the cups.  When the engine is mounted correctly the zerk
>> fitting hits the top of the transmission tunnel with sufficient
> inter


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