Re: mail Digest for 21 Apr 2005 in hour 10:00

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

You can pull the engine but the car's still yard art while it's out. The 
torque tube locates the rear axle front to back. One thing you could always 
do is yank the engine anyway and clean everything up (scrub and repaint) to 
make it look nice when your tranny comes back.

Matt

At 11:28 AM 4/21/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> Thanks, Tom, this is exactly what I needed!
>
> Have to admit that I'm wondering, quite frankly, it's
> it's not easier to pull the engine out of the car and
> wiggle the transmission forward to remove it!
>
> I will follow your instructions to a T, perhaps
> chanting "Torque Tubes Are Fun" as my mantra during
> the entire delightful process.
>
> - Justin
>
>
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:00:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Pulling a tranny from a '62 Classic
> Message-ID: <20050421095049.W1279@localhost>
>
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Justin Shelton wrote:
>
> > Can anyone provide some sort of instructions on how
> > to do this?
>
> Torque tubes are fun!
>
> Erm...

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1967 Rambler American wagon
1968 Rambler American sedan
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