Day 121 – The Big Lift

So after several weeks, the big day finally arrived, time to take the engine and gearbox out of the car. … More

Day 99 – Nearly…

So nearly 100 days into the strip down and some real progress. Nearly ready to remove the engine and gearbox. … More

A good YouTube video with some useful tips if you need to take the engine / gearbox out of your … More

This is the equipment that i bought to take the MGB engine and gearbox out. 1 ton folding crane 500kg … More

I read that after a total engine strip down and rebuild it is wise to take plugs out and turn … More

Glad to get engine back in car – jobs a lot easier using the leveller. The objective is to ensure … More

Theoretically you can lift the engine and gearbox on the (centrally located) rocker cover stud on it’s own!…….and certainly when … More

These mountings were definitely ready for replacement – think someone may have attempted it in the past but unless off … More

The Haynes manual simply says to refit as removal which is absolutely useless. It is a right swine to refit … More

A pretty straight forward job if you have a piece of angle iron drilled to suit the bolts in the … More

One of the tricky jobs in removing the engine with gearbox was removing the cross member. Apart from the fact … More

Keen to find out why the gear stick is so sloppy got the gearbox split from the engine, cleaned up … More

The engine had to come out to get to some jobs that need sorting (see later posts). It would normally … More