Ahoy, Gurus!

Talk to me.

I'm reinstalling my tranny in an '88 TII, just installed the new clutch + pressure plate + pilot and throwout bearings.

Here's the deal.. we are literally within an inch of getting the engine and transmission to mate, but the transmission simply won't budge forward any more. This has me worried. Is it possible that I installed the pilot bearing incorrectly?

Everything is greased up well enough to allow an easy fit, and I installed the pilot bearing so that the pilot bearing seal is right on the lip of the opening (if you dont know what I mean, I can get more detailed).

Please, please help.

 

might be a stupid question but is the clutch centered?

 

we had to put it in gear and spun the driveshaft with it attatched to the tranny to get it to hook up correctly...another problem i ran into was that i did not remove the part on the shifter and when we tried to put it back in we couldnt get it back in to the hole where the shifter goes....we had to take a cheater bar and tilt th engine toward the fire wall so it would slide into place...took FOREVER!

 

try loosening the motor mounts and pushing the engine towards the tranny. . . this is the only way i got mine in.

 

wow mine just kinda hopped up in there. the only thing i can think of is that the clutch plate isnt centered. or the tranny is running into something else. check to see if any part of the tranny is hitting any part of the car.

also if you arent already... use the driveshaft as a handle to push the tranny forward.

Brian

 

Clutch is centered.

I'll try a couple of those things.

 

i know when i did mine the only thing that stoped me was that the tranny was sitting in nutrel .. once i put it in gear it slid together was rather easy actualy ...

 

you can also put the stock scissor jack under the front main pulley and jack up the nose of the engine, most of the time the reason the tranny won't go in is due to misalignment issues where the engine is sitting too high.

 

yeah, once you pop the tranny the motor likes to go up and you really need to get it back down in the rear

 

This may be a silly question, but is there any chance the clutch disc is backwards? Or interference from the clutch slave/rod?

Also, even if the trans is located properly thru the clutch and the pilot bearing, the transmission might rotate, preventing the trans from slipping ove the locating dowels. Insert the longest bolts you have thru the lower trans bolt holes and screw them in a 1/2" or more. This will tend to keep the trans oriented right and you also don't have to hold up the front of the trans as well as the back.

 

I'll give it a try.

Thanks, Karack, and everyone else... if only I wasn't working so much I could go try some of this.

I'll update soon, maybe even a few videos.

 

Haha, I'd hope I wouldn't put the disc in backwards . I have the two longest bellhousing bolts in for guiding purposes as well.

 

Well, I figured I'd ask anyway. But guess how I know to ask?....

 

hahaha, thanks for lookin' out for me.

Good ole rotary brotherly love.

 

I had the same problem in my tranny switch. I ended up pushing the engine so the side near the transmission was lower. Normally, the transmission holds the engine at a lower angle. When theres no transmission hooked up, the engine sits at a different angle.