I recently put an engine in my car, and I had the same problems. But it turned out that I damaged the splines on the clutch disk, I had to pull the engine and check it with the alignment tool. It did not slide in or out smoothly. So I had to pull the clutch apart and file the disk a little. After that, it still was difficult to get in, but a little wrestling and it slid in. Make sure that things are lined up. Visualize your crank shaft and it should be in line with the input shaft of the tranny. Other wise you will have more problems.
Eduard Tieseler '66 Herald >> ...getting the gearbox back in my '70 Mk3. Doesn't seem to be working right now! I used the technique where the engine is jacked up 2-3" extra inches, and put the transmission on a rolling floor jack to slide it forward and onto the engine. The top of the transmission slid nicely into the three studs at the top of the rear of the engine. However, the bottom of the tranny remained separated from the engine by about an inch or so. My first thought was that the input shaft was not lining up with the splines on the crank. Yet when I put the tranny in gear (while the top of the tranny was loosely bolted to the engine), I couldn't turn the u-joint plate at the rear of the tranny. This suggested that the splines were, in fact, meshing. Is it possible that they'd mesh to a certain degree but not go any further because of misalignment? Furthermore, I could see no obstruction preventing the tranny from lining up right with the engine. Was I wrong about the input shaft sliding into the engine? The only other thing I could think of was that I might have gotten an incorrect pilot bushing? Were ones produced with different internal diameters? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Adam R. '70 Spitfire Mk3 '94 Alfa Romeo 164LS Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
