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RockyMountainMGB
Mark Taylor
Denver Colorado, USA
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1973

To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: RockyMountainMGB
Date: June 19, 2008 12:45PM

My clutch is slipping and I need to have it replaced.

I've been told I need to pull the engine to reach the transmission, but am not certain that is true.

Do I really have to pull the engine, or can I put the car on a lift and get to it that way?

Also, when they say pull --- does that mean move the engine block two or three inches, or are they actually pulling the entire thing out?

Mark


RockyMountainMGB
Mark Taylor
Denver Colorado, USA
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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: RockyMountainMGB
Date: June 19, 2008 12:45PM

BTW I have an completely stock set up .


BMC
Brian Mc Cullough
Forest Lake, Minnesota, USA
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1980 MGB '95 3.4L 'L32' SFI V6, GM V6T5 & 3.42 Limi

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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: BMC
Date: June 19, 2008 05:17PM

Mark, if your talking the stock MGB 1..8L, then you have to pull the motor. Thats it.

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RockyMountainMGB
Mark Taylor
Denver Colorado, USA
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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: RockyMountainMGB
Date: June 19, 2008 05:20PM

So completely out of the engine compartment, or just enough to get to the transmission?


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 19, 2008 09:19PM

There's a difference?


RockyMountainMGB
Mark Taylor
Denver Colorado, USA
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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: RockyMountainMGB
Date: June 20, 2008 10:03AM

Curtis and I were talking. He mentioned that there's a difference.
Do they need to remove the entire engine from the compartment or unbolt it and slide it forward in the engine compartment.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 20, 2008 10:09AM

I always felt that by the time you did that it was easier to just pull it the rest of the way out and have everything in the open where it's easy to work on, rather than wrassle with it under the car.

Jim



Edd Weninger
Edd Weninger
Mogollon Airpark Overgaard AZ
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1977 MGB Rover 3.5 L EFI

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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: Edd Weninger
Date: June 20, 2008 12:42PM

Echoing Jim's advice, besides it is a PITA to get the tranny aligned back with the motor unless right out where you can get at everything.

BTW, you mentioned before that it slipped in 4th gear only. Is that really true?


RockyMountainMGB
Mark Taylor
Denver Colorado, USA
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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: RockyMountainMGB
Date: June 20, 2008 01:31PM

1-3 gears drive fine, it's 4th that slips then it starts making 3rd slip --- like if I downshift around a corner.
Why, is that strange?


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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Re: To pull or not to pull?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: June 20, 2008 10:07PM

Not at all. Top gear has the most resistance so it's really the most likely gear to slip under full power, and the most likely to be noticed as well.

Jim


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