Advice on fitting an LT77

Denis247 · Post by **Denis247** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:58 pm

Engine secure on the garage floor, gearbox hanging on a strap, warm garage, plenty of room to move about..pure luxury. Bet you had a clean tea-cup too !

Post by **scudderfish** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:14 am

And the radio on

ged · Post by **ged** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:07 pm

scudderfish wrote:And the radio on

Ahem!

Don't you mean stereo with CD playing?

Regards Ged

Post by **scudderfish** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:22 pm

ged wrote:
scudderfish wrote:And the radio on
Ahem!

Don't you mean stereo with CD playing?

Regards Ged

No, it would spoil the acoustics for the string quartet in the corner.

ged · Post by **ged** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:57 am

conrod wrote:I just refitted mine into my van, laying on my back, slid the gearbox on to my chest, heave it into place and put the bolts in, bit of grunting involved but wasn't that hard Third time I have done that, and I am not exactly a large bloke either! You guys need to harden up!

Yep done that.

The last time I had the near side on the kerb with me lying in the gutter. It started to pour with rain & I ended up with water going in at the collar & out at the ankles.

Got the job done though!

Regards Ged

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:47 am

My brother once changed the clutch on his Austin A95 in France by the roadside - himself.

conrod · Post by **conrod** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:18 am

ged wrote:
conrod wrote:I just refitted mine into my van, laying on my back, slid the gearbox on to my chest, heave it into place and put the bolts in, bit of grunting involved but wasn't that hard Third time I have done that, and I am not exactly a large bloke either! You guys need to harden up!
Yep done that.

The last time I had the near side on the kerb with me lying in the gutter. It started to pour with rain & I ended up with water going in at the collar & out at the ankles.

Got the job done though!

Regards Ged

yep now THATS hard!

sidecar · Post by **sidecar** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:01 am

I was fitting a tow bar to an old motorhome that I owned, it was Christmas eve, about 7pm and 1 degree above zero, I was lying under the van on a sloping drive and I was drilling a hole with a big drill bit, red hot swarf was falling on my face, it was pi55ing down and water was running down the drive and down my back. The final straw was grabbing the mains lead and getting a massive shock from it!

Basically I was freezing, burnt, wet, and electrocuted all at the same time!

Denis247 · Post by **Denis247** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:27 pm

Absolute luxury..One night in the dead of winter with snow 10' thick, middle of the moors, no moon and -30C, I was cold and hungry, dressed only in shorts and T shirt, my big-end went. Fortunately I had a spare set in the ashtray together with a broken penknife in the toolbox. No jack but still I managed to put the new set in and get home. Don't know what hard is some of you.

Post by **scudderfish** » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:28 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

NorthernBloke · Post by **NorthernBloke** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:20 pm

Denis247 wrote:Absolute luxury..One night in the dead of winter with snow 10' thick, middle of the moors, no moon and -30C, I was cold and hungry, dressed only in shorts and T shirt, my big-end went. Fortunately I had a spare set in the ashtray together with a broken penknife in the toolbox. No jack but still I managed to put the new set in and get home. Don't know what hard is some of you.