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All water hoses, throttle and choke cobles; fuel feed pipe to the
carburetters; vacuum pipes for brake servo systems; cables from
alternator, starter motor, ignition distributor
and temperature sender
unit; oil pressure pipe.
6.
Disconnect air trunking and remove airbox.
7.
Disconnect the hydraulic pipe from the clutch slave cylinder on the bell-
housing. Remove the speedometer cable from the
LH
side of the gearbox.
Remove the rear
valonce, exhaust manifold, downpipe and silencer.
8.
Fit
slings and support the weight of the engine on suitable tackle.
9.
Disconnect the gearshift linkage from the selector lever on the lefthand
side of the gearbox.
10.
Disconnect the cross
-
gate cable from the righthand side of the gearbox and
the
bellhousing
.
11.
Disconnect drive shafts, handbrake cables and the hydraulic pipes to the
.
.
.
.
oraKe cat
lpers.
12.
Remove the bolts/nuts securing the engine mountirigs to the chassis, withdraw
the righthand mounting
brocket ond earthing strap.
13.
Release the transmission unit mountings from the brackets on the chassis.
Note number of shims between transmission and chassis
mountirrg brackets for
:e;!cceme!?t.
I-ewer
the
gegrhnx
end
of
the
assembly and reAve whole
assembly from under the rear end of the vehicle.
14.
Remove all the bolts/nuts securing the engine to the transmission unit and
carefull
y
ease the two apart, takin
g
core to withdraw the gearbox primary
shaft as level as possible to reduce the
of bending the shaft.
To Replace
Re
p
lacement is a reversal of the removal procedure, but the following points should
be observed.
(a)
Insert the same
"
umber of shims between the transmission ond chassis mount-
ing brackets as rloted on removal.
If
engine mountings are connected also
shim to avoid any prelwding when ti
g
htening bolts.
(
b)
Adjust the clutch release lever to the clearance given in TECHNICAL DATA
and bleed the clutch and brake hydraulic systems and connect
hondbroke
cables.
(C)
Close the rodiotor drain tapi and refill the cooling system.
ESPRIT
ISSU~
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