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Tom Endy · 10-06-2020, 03:46 PM

If you are installing the engine with the transmission attached it will be at a down angle at the rear and it will allow the transmission gears to slide out of neutral and prevent you from turning the end of the U-joint with channel locks. We made up a temporary cover for the transmission out of a piece if sheet metal. It has two screws that protrude down to the shifting slots in the slider gears to retain them in the neutral position.

It also prevents foreign objects from falling in the transmission.

Tom Endy

10-06-2020, 03:46 PM	#5
Tom Endy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,131	Re: Lining up UJ and Diveshaft splines, any tips? If you are installing the engine with the transmission attached it will be at a down angle at the rear and it will allow the transmission gears to slide out of neutral and prevent you from turning the end of the U-joint with channel locks. We made up a temporary cover for the transmission out of a piece if sheet metal. It has two screws that protrude down to the shifting slots in the slider gears to retain them in the neutral position. It also prevents foreign objects from falling in the transmission. Tom Endy Last edited by Tom Endy; 10-06-2020 at 04:59 PM.