engine swap drivin' me crazy!!!!!

[zarnah]

ok well i'm in the process of swaping my engine in my legacy, (old one was BEB victim) I have the old engine out and have the new one in the engine bay but the problem is that I cant seem to get it to bolt right up to the gearbox, I can get it pushed on most of the way (untill theres about a 10mm gap) but it just wont go any further!!!! grrrr its making me so mad!! so close but no cigar so far, any ideas???

[Glen]

Clutch plate not lined up properly?

[zarnah]

how do I line it up? I took a rough guess and looked at the clutch plate and the input shaft from gearbox

[Glen]

I'll give you Keltics tip for this. It worked for me. Don't do the pressure plate bolts up tight. Just tight enough to hold the clutch plate steady. Gear box in to position leaving a gap small enough to get a spanner (hopefully a ratcheting one for your sake) in on to the pressure plate bolts. Put in a few of the gearbox bolts to hold that in place. Start doing the pressue plate bolts up. Just use a bar on the crank pulley nut to turn the enine when required.

[zarnah]

ok so im guesing it just lets the clutch plate move a bit so it "pops" onto the input shaft rather than being solid and having to have it prfectly aligned? i'll go give it a go and let you know how I get on, I just wanna get the damn thing driving again!!!

[Glen]

Exackery.

[rex-leggy]

you should really torque the bolts up.

get an alighnin tool u would be able ta borrow sum from a workshop

[zarnah]

success!!!!!!!!!!!! I cut the input shaft off an old box I had and used it to line up the clutch before bolting up the pressure plate, stuck it back in the engine bay and hey presto!!!!

[zarnah]

everyone should just go to their local wreckers and ask for an input shaft from a buggered box!! it works mint!! definately putting my one in the toolbox

[Glen]

 keltik said:

I will also be purchasing an alignment tool for next time as that trick works well....but makes it very difficult to get good torque on the pressure plate bolts

Just man up mate. ;D

[Guest SPANKU]

clutch tool is important. sold my old one on trademe for $5 after i got a proper one.

u can get a old gearbox and get the main shaft out of it and cut it off and u have a clutch tool.

just remember even with these tools, u still need to get it in the almost perfert angle(or stright) to get it in. ive done this many time and sometime we still get it wrong. i had problem doing dane's race car, luckily jamie was there to help me drop the motor back in

[zarnah]

ok well now for the happy ending, went out this morning and hooked up all wiring, vacum lines, front mount etc, turned it over and she burst into life straight away!!!!! thanks for the help guys, no doubt any sth islanders will probly see me rolling round the south once again!!!

[Guest]

 zarnah said:

success!!!!!!!!!!!! I cut the input shaft off an old box I had and used it to line up the clutch before bolting up the pressure plate, stuck it back in the engine bay and hey presto!!!!

haha thats what i done to a while back, works a treat.