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One of the "easy" things I wanted to do on the '74 TR6 was replace the rear gearbox mounts... they were pretty cruddy, and I wanted to change them before installing the new plastic gearbox cover(s). I used TRF mounts, w/ no surprises, although I wished TRF supplied 4 new nuts w/ the new mounts...
All in all, not too horrible a job. The Bentley says to remove the exhaust pipes; there was no way I was going to do that! Here's a pic of the gearbox brace out of the car:
A pretty sad state, lots of accumulated grease.
This is a job one person can do, but with a lot of back and forth under the car. The hardest part was placing and keeping a stubby 9/16 on top of the gearbox brace, and removing the 4 nuts from underneath.
I found it impossible to remove just the rubber mounts; I needed to remove the whole brace. I removed the top "half" first, and then the hard part, the "lower" half.
Surprising to me, the the "bottom" half is actually two pieces bolted together; I imagine easier to initially assemble.... that's how I did it.
The next two shots are of the completed job:
Here's a sad bolt: the one not missing from the bottom half. This side was on the passenger side of the brace, "barely" hanging on to a tab that helps hold the exhaust pipes.
Tomorrow I'll install 4 new Nylocs for the driveshaft u-joint, change the gear oil, and mark off one more small thing done. Next, the carbs, especially the leaky rear one...
I found this a satisfying mechanical job; just figuring out how it was assembled, and then tackling it. What was most helpful was having lots of stubby and regular sized wrenches and Gearwrenches.....
All in all, not too horrible a job. The Bentley says to remove the exhaust pipes; there was no way I was going to do that! Here's a pic of the gearbox brace out of the car:
A pretty sad state, lots of accumulated grease.
This is a job one person can do, but with a lot of back and forth under the car. The hardest part was placing and keeping a stubby 9/16 on top of the gearbox brace, and removing the 4 nuts from underneath.
I found it impossible to remove just the rubber mounts; I needed to remove the whole brace. I removed the top "half" first, and then the hard part, the "lower" half.
Surprising to me, the the "bottom" half is actually two pieces bolted together; I imagine easier to initially assemble.... that's how I did it.
The next two shots are of the completed job:
Here's a sad bolt: the one not missing from the bottom half. This side was on the passenger side of the brace, "barely" hanging on to a tab that helps hold the exhaust pipes.
Tomorrow I'll install 4 new Nylocs for the driveshaft u-joint, change the gear oil, and mark off one more small thing done. Next, the carbs, especially the leaky rear one...
I found this a satisfying mechanical job; just figuring out how it was assembled, and then tackling it. What was most helpful was having lots of stubby and regular sized wrenches and Gearwrenches.....
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