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I got the bellhousing cleaned up, sandblasted, primed and painted. The alignment dowel holes in the little feet on the bell were set inwards too much and broken out, so I built up the little feet somewhat and ground them so I think the bellhousing will sit squarely in the middle of the belly frame and the output shaft will line up with the transmission input shaft. One end of the clutch activating cross-shaft was really worn out, so I welded it up and ground it down to fit and then put new bushings in the bellhousing for that shaft.
It was slow going trying to get the bearing off the clutch output shaft so I can get a new replacement tomorrow when I go to town. I should also get a new throw-out bearing.
I took the flywheel off, even though the bolts are weird, [no real head on them], and the nuts are between the crankshaft flange and the block. Did I mention that, that is not a nice place to have nuts, if the engine is seized, you can't turn the bolts, and the flywheel is still on there?

<blockquote data-quote="MercuryMac" data-source="post: 544603" data-attributes="member: 15716">I got the bellhousing cleaned up, sandblasted, primed and painted. The alignment dowel holes in the little feet on the bell were set inwards too much and broken out, so I built up the little feet somewhat and ground them so I think the bellhousing will sit squarely in the middle of the belly frame and the output shaft will line up with the transmission input shaft. One end of the clutch activating cross-shaft was really worn out, so I welded it up and ground it down to fit and then put new bushings in the bellhousing for that shaft. It was slow going trying to get the bearing off the clutch output shaft so I can get a new replacement tomorrow when I go to town. I should also get a new throw-out bearing.I took the flywheel off, even though the bolts are weird, [no real head on them], and the nuts are between the crankshaft flange and the block. Did I mention that, that is not a nice place to have nuts, if the engine is seized, you can&#039;t turn the bolts, and the flywheel is still on there?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MercuryMac, post: 544603, member: 15716"] I got the bellhousing cleaned up, sandblasted, primed and painted. The alignment dowel holes in the little feet on the bell were set inwards too much and broken out, so I built up the little feet somewhat and ground them so I think the bellhousing will sit squarely in the middle of the belly frame and the output shaft will line up with the transmission input shaft. One end of the clutch activating cross-shaft was really worn out, so I welded it up and ground it down to fit and then put new bushings in the bellhousing for that shaft. It was slow going trying to get the bearing off the clutch output shaft so I can get a new replacement tomorrow when I go to town. I should also get a new throw-out bearing. I took the flywheel off, even though the bolts are weird, [no real head on them], and the nuts are between the crankshaft flange and the block. Did I mention that, that is not a nice place to have nuts, if the engine is seized, you can't turn the bolts, and the flywheel is still on there? [/QUOTE]

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