Ah, sounds very familiar. I spliced the diff end of the MG drive shaft onto the GM shaft to connect the tranny to the MG rear end. I did swap out the MGA 4.30:1 diff for an MGB 3.90:1 diff for a higher top end. Welded up the exhaust from the heads to the tail pipe, etc. No room for the starter solenoid without cutting the frame, so I built a lever mechanism to engage the starter, and a push button to spin it. Lots of other hacks that I don't remember right now - took a year to complete (working and going to school). The MG u-joint at the diff was the weak link in the system. I think I replaced it a good half dozen times. Also went through several water pumps - they couldn't take the rapid change in RPM ---
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 9:59 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well, if we include brand X, in 1975 or so, I transplanted a frod 289 > into my 170 C. I. U100 (Rag top/doors) Bronco. Not a bolt in project. > required cutting, bending,fabricating, welding the body for clearance, > relocation of the footfeed, flame wrench to cut off the motor mount > horns from the frame, fabrication of new motor mounts, scrounging a left > exh. manifold that would work , and fabricating a custom exhaust, as > none of the V8 stock parts would fit in the 6 cyl body. Yep, v8 got a > different body! > > Same summer and more or less simultaneously, did a transplant in a > friend's 62 frod van. Was supposed to be a simple engine transplant > from a 66 frod hangover van. when we found different bellhousings > (different generations of frod drivetrains) we ended up transplanting > the whole 66 driveline, which involved cutting and fabricating on the > body also. Quite a bit of flame wrench work. When we got the engine > and trans in, we found neither driveshaft would work. At that point it > was sinpler to cut out the rear ends and springs from both, and put the > 66 driveshaft and rear ind into the 62. THe 65up differential was much > more robust too. the junky little falcon car spicer diff used 61-64 was > notorious for failure. > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
