<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Terry,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Pretty much my process too as Geo describes, an extra hand will cut the time in half. Still 10x easier than pulling the motor. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Bill B</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">TS30800L<br><br>Sent from my VIC-64</div><div><br>On Feb 1, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Terry -</div><div><br></div><div>I made some guides by cutting the heads off of long bolt and slotting the end for a screwdriver. My hope was to thread them in then fit the bell housing over them but the gearbox had to be too far forward for that so instead I fitted them thru the holes in the bell housing & into the block to help things line up for the final push.</div><div><br></div><div>I use a transmission jack from harbor Freight under the gearbox to help maneuver it but that is possibly overkill.</div><div><br></div><div>I also had a pipe (old jack handle actually) under the tailshaft to add some more support that would still let it roll fore and aft.</div><div><br></div><div>As I recall, I raised the rear of the engine as far as the throttle shaft would allow to make things go together.</div><div><br></div><div>This (like yours) was an overdrive box. If I never have to do it again that will be fine by me.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:05 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net" target="_blank">terryrs@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Haven't wrestled so much since dating in high school.<br>
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Installing a tranny back into the TR3A. Alone. Took some time to get it between the floor pans. Went below on a creeper to make sure the shaft was going into the clutch teeth. And that's where I got tired.<br>
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Any best practice hints about how to line it up? The first being, of course, to put the tranny in gear so twisting the drive line plate will turn the shaft to align with the teeth on the clutch. I've done this before, but it's epic each time.<br>
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Terry Smith, '59 TR3A<br>
New Hampshire<br>
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