engine install
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engine install
I had the same problem when dropping a 292 into my 55. I had to pull the tranny back some, install the engine, then manuver the tranny into place. Even then, it took 3 of us to manuver that heavy synchro-silent tranny around, but eventually we got it. I wish you the best of luck!
just my 2 cents
just my 2 cents
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Joined: Jan 2002
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From: Red Bluff U.S.A.
engine install
If you didn't remove your pressure plate then it should still be lined up, but if you did take it off then you can buy a pilot shaft from the part store to re align it for around $7.00.
Tuned
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: renfrew canada
engine install
i just have an old input shaft i took out of a wrecked tranny
as good as any line up tool PLUS you can also use it as a pilot bearing removal tool when ya do the hammer it fulla grease trick.
mikie!
near ottawa canada
58 merc 100
57 f-100 panel
64 econoline p/u
as good as any line up tool PLUS you can also use it as a pilot bearing removal tool when ya do the hammer it fulla grease trick.
mikie!
near ottawa canada
58 merc 100
57 f-100 panel
64 econoline p/u
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Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Boise, Idaho
engine install
Part of the problem of getting the transmission to go back on is alignment of transmission to bellhousing. Try making some guide pins out of bolts. Get some cheap grade 3 bolts that are the same thread pitch/size as the bolts that hold the transmission onto the bellhousing. Maybe something a little longer than the original bolts. Cut the heads off and then saw a slot into them like a screwdriver slot. Thread them into the bellhousing and they will guide the transmission back on. Of course, when the transmission is in and on, you use a screwdriver to back them out and then put the original bolts on.
Another part of the problem is aligning the splines of the input shaft to the teeth of the clutch plate. If the yoke of the drive shaft is available, it helps to put that into the back of the transmission so that you can rotate the transmission gears to get the splines lined up. This is especially true of transmissions like a T-10 that has 10 splines on the input shaft.
And if the clutch plate is not lined up with the pilot bearing, you'll need to have someone step on the clutch pedal when the transmission is going in to release the clutch from the pressure plate. Of course, the input shaft will need to be at least part-way into the clutch plate to prevent it from falling down.
