[TR] TR6 tranny alignment - use of dowels

[Randall]

 tom white wrote :
> When I was racing we had a pair of elliptical spacers for centering the
input shaft of the
> transmission to the center line of the crank.  We would hang the bell
housing on the engine
> dowels and insert the beveled edge of these spacers into the clearance
between them.
>  Then we mounted a dial indicator to the crank and indexed the tip to the
opening for the transmission. 
>  Then we would rotate the crank and read the dial indicator adjusting the
elliptical spacers
> until we got zero run out on the dial.  Then we welded the spacers in
place. 

That's interesting, Tom.  Do I understand correctly that you left the dowels
in place during this operation ?  

Randall