[TR] How Many Gearheads Does it Take to Put in a Tranny?

[Paige, Dean]

My goodness. I don't recall one instance in the 39 years I have owned
TRs 4a & 6 that I have not done tranny (OD and not) removals and
re-installations as solo projects. Mostly out of necessity. First go
rounds were rough. Now though through lots of practice over the years I
can do the whole job (if I have all the necessary parts) in just about 6
hours. I does help being slim, tall and having long arms and the
resultant leverage advantages. However I am living proof that it can be
done successfully and safely.

Deano


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[mailto:triumphs-bounces+dpaige=ci.santa-rosa.ca.us at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Rochlin
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:21 AM
To: Triumphs
Subject: [TR] How Many Gearheads Does it Take to Put in a Tranny?

My experience is that it takes two gearheads to take out a transmission
and two or three to put  one back in depending of if it's overdrive or
non overdrive.  With the overdrive Transmission I like to have two
gearheads under the car supporting the transmission and lining it up and
one in the car maneuvering the transmission and turning the tail flange
to line up the main shaft with the clutch plate.
	In my opinion its not worth the chance of messing up the main
shaft or something else by trying to remove/replace the transmission
without adequate help.


Bob Rochlin

'72 TR6