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<div> <font size="3">I was swapping the transmission on a friend's TR7. I wrestled with it all morning (those things are not light). Finally he says "Lets stop for lunch." After lunch I climbed back under the car and voi la, it slipped right in. <br>
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<div><font size="3">Trying to get a 100 lb part perfectly aligned in a tight space is more luck than anything.</font><br>
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From: Mark Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com><br>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
Sent: Fri, Nov 12, 2021 11:43 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Incantation<br>
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<div dir="ltr">In one of Carroll Smith's "<...> to Win" books he tells a story of a <br clear="none">late night before the morning race where he and another guy put a <br clear="none">transmission back in a car. They get it all in place, ready to wrestle <br clear="none">with it to get it to mate with the engine, and wham! It slides right <br clear="none">in, first time, perfectly. They look at each other and both come to the <br clear="none">conclusion they forgot to put the spigot bushing in. They've done this <br clear="none">before, transmissions don't just slide into place in seconds.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So, they remove the transmission, take a look and the spigot bush is, <br clear="none">indeed, right where it should be, not left on the bench. So they go to <br clear="none">put the gearbox back into place, and as you might have guessed, it takes <br clear="none">hours to get it lined up and in place again.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">mjb.
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