<div dir="ltr"><div>I recall seeing photos of a hoist someone made to R&R the gearbox. The tricky bit was dealing with the center of gravity which is well forward of the scuttle - required an arrangement of multiple bars and chains as I recall.</div><div><br></div><div>Looks like a lot of work to me but an elegant solution nonetheless.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 7:26 PM, John Summers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rivers2hills@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rivers2hills@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div>I gather from many replies concerning my TR6s inability to go in gear </div><div dir="ltr">that the transmission has to come out for the clutch fork or pins to</div><div dir="ltr">be replaced.</div><div dir="ltr">Never being a person to exercise sound judgement OR mechanical</div><div dir="ltr">skill, I'm considering making an apparatus to put over the car to hoist</div><div dir="ltr">said transmission from the car. I have the Bentley service manual and</div><div dir="ltr">of course it seems to simplify the process. Out/In voila, all fixed.</div><div dir="ltr">Friends, this comes from a 67 year old guy who took two months</div><div dir="ltr">to R&R the clutch MC and slave cylinders and a week to get them bled.</div><div dir="ltr">ONLY to find the darned thing wouldn't go into gear. That wiped out</div><div dir="ltr">top down journeys last spring and summer. I have seen plans and</div><div dir="ltr">a video or two on building your own hoist. Not soon though,</div><div dir="ltr">we only have $3.00 in our bank account to live until Wednesday:))</div><div dir="ltr">BUT, there IS a dumpster down the street full of lumber. Wish me luck!!</div></div></div><br><br>
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