Hey people.

can someone please tell me why i cant get my gearbox to line up with my engine. The engine is a 1300 running a 1600 bore etc and im trying to bolt it into a 1969 Herbie. I can get the clutch plate to grab etc but cant push it that final 1/2 inch to match up plates. It wont bloody budge and its annoying the heck out of me. Any ideas?

try changing the angle that you are putting it in on, jack up the rear of the engine a little and push, or try lower...
worked for me about a week ago.

wats not lining up? is the motor not pushing right up against the gearbox?

make sure the clutch plate is centered other wise she wont line up.

if worst comes to worst the number of splines in the clutch plate could be wrong.

did they change with different models?

nah i think they are all the same.
just thinking someone may have accidentally put on a clutch plate meant for something else.

[ Edited on 27/11/05 by *did* ]

Could be the nose of the input shaft is off-centred a smidge with the pilot bearing. Have someone actuate the clutch a little and wiggle the engine a bit.
I guess while you are at you could make sure the pilot bearing is OK inside the gland nut before you hoist the engine up there.

Just a thought...the clutch trick has helped me more than once with stubborn gearboxes in other cars (but then it was putting the gearbox onto the engine!).

Regards
Ctefeh

Once it's all lined up right it will go in....

but to make it easyer you may want to jack one rear wheel in the air, put the car into 1st. then as you gently push the motor turn the wheel. This will help line the splines up.

Hope this helps

are you using the right pressure plate/throw out bearing combo?

not sure by the info you have given, but if the gearbox has a little alloy sleeve held by 3 bolts covering the input shaft and your pressure plate has the center ring installed, might be your problem.

also try adjusting the clutch cable right back/off

all i know is that the gearbox and engine have lined up. The spline on the gearbox is thru the clutch plate as i can spin the back wheels with the vehicle in gear and it turns the motor over.

its the last half and inch that wont take up and no amount of rough treatment with encorage movement...

i'll try the clutch pedal and hope that moving the plates while trying to slide on will help things along...

thanks in advance and i'll let you all know how i go.

As Dumone has pointed out. Are they ALL the same parts which previously lined up. Just checking!

no, this motor previously came out of a 1966 herbie, and as or the motor/clutch out of the 69 its gone into a 66 convertable!.....

hitlers revenge alright.

Hi

Have you tried backing off the cluch cable, the release bearing may trying to push on the pressure plate.

Steve

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Originally posted by BLUE_62 no, this motor previously came out of a 1966 herbie, and as or the motor/clutch out of the 69 its gone into a 66 convertable!..... hitlers revenge alright.

Don't talk too loud or my Notch may hear you! It has a 12 volt flywheel and nothing had to be carved from the 1964 belhousing whatsoever. Best check if the input shaft has that extended shield as someone previously mentioned fouling with the clutch centre ring. It may need removing or most of it parted off to allow faces to mate. After all these years, very little may be left standard so the year of manufacture may not apply.

how did this end up blue?