rj67
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Rodger that!We can always take it to Oceana and I can drive your car on base. It's like $5/hour for a lift
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Rodger that!We can always take it to Oceana and I can drive your car on base. It's like $5/hour for a lift
I'm going to get back to this tomorrow.This step is the hardest part of the install for me as well. What I did was unbolted the driveshaft support so I can pull the driveshaft lower. I know it's hard to pull on the tranny/driveshaft while you're on jackstands while also trying to put that bolt in but somehow I managed to do it.
Good idea. But by itself it wouldn't be enough, at least on my car. I can see the bolt head would still hit before the bolt was level enough to go in. Maybe what else I do isn't enough.Can you grind a flat spot on the bolt & washer to get past the hang up?
And doing nothing is easier than Boomba. I like easy, but it sure isn't the top priority. Boomba may be better than stock, but the MGW is better yet.Boomba was so easy
Thanks.When I did my install, I put 2 short 2x4's between the tranny crossmember and the frame.
That way the tranny stayed down the whole time I did the shifter install.
Actually, shaking the car off the jack-stands while under it is my plan B if all else fails. LoLBy the way please be careful if you guys intend on yanking on the trans while under the car. You don't want to break the motor mounts and have it drop on you. Or worse.. Shake the car off the jackstands
It sounds great. Does that let the trans hang enough to get this bolt in without pulling the trans down some more?It's too easy to drop the driveshaft. Makes life really easy.
LoL, at first I thought you were commenting on the post above yours and saying some heat shield on the bottom of the car could get dented if the car fell off the jack stands.You could just dent the heat sheild a tad...
The MGW install videos say to unbolt the cross-member from the car but leave it bolted to the trans. The stated reason is to ensures the transmission isn't over raised when buttoning up.When installing the barton shifter, the transmission cross member is removed completely. Is that a part of the MGW install ?
When installing the same bolt in mine I had zero issues with space. When doing the same on a friends car, it was a bit more of a hassle for the same reason you are having. With the cross member removed, there is enough space to pull down on the transmission and create space.
Barton video says to remove the cross member completely. I guess it just isn't that big of a deal either way, but it did give me more space under the car.The MGW install videos say to unbolt the cross-member from the car but leave it bolted to the trans. The stated reason is to ensures the transmission isn't over raised when buttoning up.
I'm not seeing how also unbolting the cross-member from the transmission and removing it would help. In fact removing it would mean you have to pull down even harder, admittedly not much, because the cross-member weight isn't helping.
When you say you had zero issues with space, do you mean the bolt would go in without ever touching the tunnel or that it was easy to get your arm/hand up there? I'm not having any issue with space for my hand even with the cross-member in place. My transmission is just significantly closer to the tunnel than the bolt is long even when pulled down as much as I can laying on my back.