Fitting engine & gearbox back into Chummy

[David.H]

Hi folks

1927 Austin Chummy

Collect the engine after some work done, starter ring, clutch, bearings etc. I did leave the gearbox in situ when taking the engine out but now I find I cannot line it up properly with the gearbox to bolt them together. I have taken the gearbox out so I can match them up on the bench, which I have yet to complete. I am aware that there is a flat on the spline which should match exactly into the receiving hole in the clutch.
My question is can I reinsert the engine and gearbox back into the car as a unit?
Any other information would be helpful.

John B

The other replies all relate to useful experience. In my case I have found it possible to remove and refit the engine without gearbox removal. On one occasion, in a hurry to have the car ready for the 1992 JOGLE I think, I found I had got the clutch wrongly assembled but it was all back together and an attempted trial run showed that the clutch would not disengage. It took me two hours single handed without a hoist to remove the radiator etc and the engine, dismantle and re-assemble the clutch, put it all back together and do a satisfactory test run. We then did the JOGLE inside 24 hours.

Robert Leigh

One of my earliest A7 memories is of removing the engine & gearbox on my own from my shared Austin 1931 Saloon (with the top sawn off....). I did it in the Drill Shed behind Victory College at RMA Sandhurst in late 1957.
can't remember why....maybe I thought it was the quickest way to change the canvas flexy coupling. I do remember that had to be done at some stage in our ownership. It took all of a Saturday afternoon & we went up to town that evening. The other half owner was playing some sport or other & wasn't available to lend a hand!