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Terry, NJ · 11-09-2018, 10:05 AM

Take the wooden floor boards out and things will become a lot more accessible and you won't spend so much time under neath. A far easier method is to jack up the rear (With the side rails of the chassis)unhook the rear U-bolts (Two at the top of the frame) pull the rear down and back a couple of inches. Then the Trans is very available. Mod. A s have a split bell housing (Bell housing and Flywheel housing) Try not to disturb the connection between the flywheel housing and the engine block. This can require shimming and indicating to restore the flywheel housing to it's proper place. There are two bolt holes at the top of the flywheel housing. There is a .010 shim that goes under the flywheel housing at this point. Make sure that this shim is there. These shims are available from vendors if you don't have any. (Bratton's 2018 catalog, Pg 46, middle column, second from bottom) This was how they solved a problem at first. Much later they went to a one piece bell housing. Reassemble in reverse order!
Terry

11-09-2018, 10:05 AM	#4
Terry, NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks Co, Pa Posts: 3,740	Re: transmission removal 30 or 31 roadster [not sure which] Take the wooden floor boards out and things will become a lot more accessible and you won't spend so much time under neath. A far easier method is to jack up the rear (With the side rails of the chassis)unhook the rear U-bolts (Two at the top of the frame) pull the rear down and back a couple of inches. Then the Trans is very available. Mod. A s have a split bell housing (Bell housing and Flywheel housing) Try not to disturb the connection between the flywheel housing and the engine block. This can require shimming and indicating to restore the flywheel housing to it's proper place. There are two bolt holes at the top of the flywheel housing. There is a .010 shim that goes under the flywheel housing at this point. Make sure that this shim is there. These shims are available from vendors if you don't have any. (Bratton's 2018 catalog, Pg 46, middle column, second from bottom) This was how they solved a problem at first. Much later they went to a one piece bell housing. Reassemble in reverse order! Terry