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T-Series Clutch My GT..Can I 'Just do it?'

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AlanT

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After 55000 miles the '74BGT must get a new clutch. The question is...Can I just remove the engine and install a new clutch or will I feel it necessary to replace 32 year old engine and gearbox seals that do not leak? Can I ignore the dirty engine compartment so I can drive it to the Sushi Bar tonight? I promised myself that the first MGB that needed the engine removed would get the 1900cc flat-top uprated engine that has been sitting on the stand for three years. Will I drive it tonight? This would not be an issue if the GT did not have air conditioning....but it does. It has the last of the York piston compressors that can be used in lieu of brakes. The system cools the inside of the car nicely so I cannot justify changing it to a Sanyo compressor. On a plus note , the engine has never been out of this car so every nut and bolt should be correct.
Enough said....I'm going to work.

Alan T
 
Of course, you can pull engine and replace clutch parts and put everything back without messing with gaskets.

However you may wish to replace manifold gaskets as I think you will disterb them, seals should not need to be touched if as you say they are not leaking.
 
Sure! Yank it, break trans off engine, replace clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing, reinstall trans on engine, stuff it!
 
Well , It's yanked. Two and a half hours is not near my record but the starter boot and A/C compressor were a real pain. The problem turned out to be a piece of the clutch disc spring broke off and landed between the disc and flywheel. I wondered why it failed so quickly. Anywho , the flywheel is too scarred to install a new clutch upon. Looks like it will be a long day.

Alan T
 
I had a clutch spring break-away in a 1972 Midget I owned in college.

It, too, was only at about 52k miles....premature in my mind.
 
Flywheels can be resurfaced cheeply if it is not to bad. Check.
 
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