<VV> Mark vs Earlies

[Tony Underwood]

At 03:14 hours 03/21/2005, airvair wrote:
>Smitty, Smitty, Smitty. You totally misunderstand what I said. I DIDN'T 
>say pull them completely out of the vehicle. In "pulling the axles" you 
>have to PULL THEM OUT of the diff, otherwise the axles won't allow the 
>engine to drop enough to clear the back end of the body as you separate it 
>at the bellhousing. THAT is "pulling the axles!" And YES, I've done a 
>clutch job on an early PITA.
>
>On a late model, you don't even have to touch the axles, let alone 
>separate them from the diff (or anything else), in order to drop the 
>drivetrain enough to get the engine out. THAT is what makes the late model 
>clutch job simpler than on an early model.


I was going over some older messages, saw this one.


I thought I'd mention that I *Always*  take just the engine out to do a 
clutch job on both early and late models.   No need to remove the transaxle 
with the engine on *Either* car, regardless of what people may 
say.     Saves a bunch of time and it's not that hard in the first 
place.   Others may remove the whole driveline for the exercise, but I find 
it easier to leave the transaxle in place.   Much easier, when you're doing 
it all by yourself if you have the right tools to do the job...  and 
I  do.

But that's just me.   New Vair owners, don't listen to me for I am a 
confirmed insane jackleg and I awlays do eveyrthing the rwong way.



tony..