Engine Removal on '59 BE - Question

[Bruce_B]

I haven't even started to rebuild my 1275 engine, but I will be removing the 1098 that's in the car now.

Question - Should I remove the tranny with the engine, or will I save some work (propshaft removal) by just pulling the engine?

Wahoo--just noticed I'm now a 'Senior Member' - that calls for a cup of coffee.

 

[bugimike]

Definitly pull them both together!! It is easier to remove the four nuts & bolts at the end of the drive shaft than all the bell-housing bolts, and it all come out easier as one unit!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

 

[BWillis]

/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gif Mike is ABSOLUTELY right! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gif

 

[fmichaels]

all in one ... definitely!

 

[jlaird]

At one time, kind of hard to clean up and paint the transmission when it is in the car, heh.

 

[Bruce_B]

Thanks for the input. I'll remove all as one. It will also make it easier to clean and paint (with a roller) the engine compartment.

 

[kcbugeye1275]

I've heard my ace mechanic say that painting a tranny isn't a good thing to do. He claims that the paint seals the tranny and doesn't allow it to breath. Definitally pull both at the same time. I don't know your situation, but if the 1098 is running, I'd have the 1275 rebuilt and ready to go before the 1098 comes out.

 

[fmichaels]

I've heard my ace mechanic say that painting a tranny isn't a good thing to do. He claims that the paint seals the tranny and doesn't allow it to breath.

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somehow, i am having trouble with this.

 

[jlaird]

Sounds like an old wives tail to me. All Bugeye trannys and rear ends were painted, look how long they lasted.

I expect the reason the later trannys and such were not painted was save a shilling here and there and it all adds up after awile.

 

[fmichaels]

after a good cleaning, they look great nkd, but i am still tempted to apply some rattle just to make it sparkle (even if it's in a tunnel for the rest of it's life)!

 

[jlaird]

Actualy unless it is protected or kept clean alm will corode.

 

[regularman]

Remember to disconnect the big braided looking ground wire that goes from one of the tranny bolts to the frame, for this single wire can lift the entire car /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

 

[fmichaels]

and write yourself a note to put that ground cable BACK on when you put the engine/tran back in!

 

[jlaird]

Yep, those starter cables get real hot.

 

[bugimike]

Where would that tranny be breathing from? I know they can leak oil on occasion, but air? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif

 

[Billm]

You might also want to drain the oil from the tranny or it will "auto-drain" all over the floor out of the back hole when you lift it out.
Bill

 

[fmichaels]

that's the breather hole! i remember parking on a steep hill long ago and the next day the street was a mess. it's a misnomer to say that's an oil SEAL. more like an oil restrictor.

 

[drooartz]

Maybe it's really just a "vague oil location suggester." /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

 

[GB1]

I have always painted mine but left a small patch bare for this very reason, was afraid of suffication.

Tried leaving one of the bellhousing plugs off of a Midg, but clutch would get slippery driving in the rain.

I read afterwards about leaving a small area unpainted so they could breath and I have never had a problem since.

Patrick

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[jlaird]

LOL