I have gone to put my celica 5 speed with dellow bellhousing into my LC 308 this afternoon but the bellhousing would not fit, it seems the top of the bellhousing is hitting the body/firewall. It needs to be another 40mm higher to line up correctly.
I have a multifit Dellow housing (suits chev and aussie pattern), could this be the reason?
Anyhelp would be great as I don't know what to do.
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Bellhousing problems ?
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, Jun 06 2006 08:49 PM
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Posted 08 June 2006 - 10:44 PM
what your trying to do is a really tight fit
if you lift the body off the crossmember and fit the box up you should
have enough clearance to swing the back of the box up and body down to make it fit but it will be bugger all.
but you'll never get it in or out normally as you can't swing a holden 8 in an Lc engine bay far enough
tom
if you lift the body off the crossmember and fit the box up you should
have enough clearance to swing the back of the box up and body down to make it fit but it will be bugger all.but you'll never get it in or out normally as you can't swing a holden 8 in an Lc engine bay far enough
tom
Edited by munro, 08 June 2006 - 10:47 PM.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 06:50 PM
On my lc it was eng & box out together in one piece.Now that has an enlarged tunnel it still is a tight fit.
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 06:37 PM
The product is not the problem but the vehicle. I have done v8 conversions in cars which are smaller than the lc and usually you need to fit the car to the engine not teh otherway around...
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Posted 16 June 2006 - 11:57 AM
Are the engine mounts around the right way.
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Posted 17 June 2006 - 10:50 AM
Jack it up under the harmoni balancer it will give u enough clearance just fitted my dellow bell housing yesterday had the same problem but i bent the linkages make sure to disconnect the linkage
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Posted 17 June 2006 - 11:30 AM
if your going to lift your motor that way you'd be better off putting a block of wood under the front of the sump so you don't stuff up the balancerJack it up under the harmoni balancer it will give u enough clearance just fitted my dellow bell housing yesterday had the same problem but i bent the linkages make sure to disconnect the linkage
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Posted 18 June 2006 - 10:07 AM
You get the same prob when fitting an auto box with a 308 in either lc or lj.
To over come this take out the rear suspension to chassis bolts and back off the 4 chassis rail to crossmember bolts enough to loosen it.
This should give you enough room to work with.
Good luck
To over come this take out the rear suspension to chassis bolts and back off the 4 chassis rail to crossmember bolts enough to loosen it.
This should give you enough room to work with.
Good luck
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