its pissing me off but the fucker wont go in, the flywheel just sits flush with the bell housing but wont go further


is that deffo clutch aint center or are all cossies a bith at that point


any tips as today ive also found out my alpine screen with navigation, amp and subs have been nicked from the car too and ive not caught it on camera either

just want the car running so i car sell the fuking thing and give up on cars as it feels like when you get 1 thing almost sorted another problem happens



so back on the cossie engine, would it be easier to remove the gearbox and then refit after or not ?????


please help me

 

as long as the clutch is lined up then it should go in.

just turn the spline a bit to line it up,should work as long as everything is ok.

sorry to hear about the ice.

 

get a sucket and rachet on the bottom pulley put gearbox into a gear and turn the pulley slightly and see if the splines of the box will line up with the clutch!

 

Try rotating the engine crank (manualy) whilst you push it onto the gearbox.

 

Its an arse to fit mate....patients is required...did you take the engine out with it ingear?...If you did it makes it easier to get it back on....aslong as its still ingear..LOL...You will get there in the end!

 

never took the engine out in gear, but its a new engine anyway so that may not have helped


is it any easier to get the gearbox on after its fitted as im temped to get the engine stuff in and then just fit the box or am i causing more issues for me


i even bought a clutch alignment too today and took out the engine and restarted but that done bollox all too


but even if the car is running at central day i got no tunes either now


my just tow the ar to work and take the S60 to sentral day,no fucking hassles then

 

is it easier with a 4 poster ramp do you know

 

have u tried asking it nicely yet ginge?

 

the way i feel now mate i think ill just break it and sell up

what do i need a ar for these days,i do nothing but work and when i go to use a car something fucking happens to it


company car i car drive and dump

 

try going through the gears as well mate when its in there. sometime can make it pop in ive heard.

bounch it about a bit and try and rock the gear box up and down a bit.
u did put the clutch on the right way didnt ya?

 

thats a bit late scotty, ive hsd me car broken intoand prob 2500k worth of stereo nicked and a engine that dont go in me car thats prob set me bak 3k in total


not to mention i snapped me amal vavle and part fo me fuel line last night



all i need now is the missus to tell me shes pregnant again to complete the day


but how you been matey, you gonna be comming ceantral day mate

 

clutch is in the right wat as theres only 1 way it can go,,,,,,,,, not to mention im not a idiot



it just wont go and the crossmember done fuking help either



i miss wanky fwd cars now

 

You have to really wriggle it from side to side etc etc...be firm Ginge

 

ive wriggled it, taken it out again, spat on it, called its mum a slag


it wont fuking go in, serious to it aint budging at all

 

Ginge have you stabalised/lifted the box with a jack? Remove the rubber engine mounts until you have the box and engine mated! Nothing else i can suggest as they normally just fall on with a bit of a wiggle

 

It'll go in, just persevere!

 

ive raise the bell housing mate and the engine mounts aint on it


it just wont wiggle past there

 

Get someone to turn the crank slightly using a 24mm on the bottom pulley whilst you are wiggling then. I take it you have made sure the box and engine are on the same angle? Failing that go and eat a few Weetabix and try again lol

 

done all that too


think ill take it to work and get the master tech to fit it instead


spadge do you know what the multiplugs at the front of the car on the driverws side are for onn the main car loom,,,,,,,,,, ive just noticed em and i cant think what there all for right now

 

The only multiplugs on that side are for abs pump and that side headlight there isn't anything else that i can think of there

 

have you tried to put the engine in place without the mounts on?
that way you can get a bit more movement out of the engine side to side to slip it all into place
you can put the mounts on afterwards or even get underneath and undo the gearbox mount to wiggle the gearbox into place

and are you doing it all on your own or have you got a few friends to volenteer their services for an afternoon?

 

Ginge just a thought
Have you checked the spiggot bearing in the end of the crankshaft to make sure it isn't in pieces? Don't fill the hole in the middle with grease either as that won't help!

 

not read all ya posts mate so not sure if you have actually sorted this or not . . . .

I put and engine is a cossie recently and found that if you put a little scissor jack under the box to raise it slightly, leave the box in gear and spin the flywheel with a leaver bar (whilst wiggling the box in) it will slide right in. . . . .asumming clutch is properly lined up . . .this can easily done by eye though mate


Goodd luck

 

also mate i would take the clutch off and try it on ya gearbox incase the teeth are wrong had a old rover like that before ,