what's going to be the easiest way to get to the clutch on a mk2 with a type 9 fitted in a manual tunnel. Should I just drop the whole lot including crossmember or will there be enough room to tilt the motor back a bit and get at it that way?
Cheers for your help.

All depends if you have the auto tunnel space to easy remove T9. I do it by lifting the 2ltr with box out using a crane, seems lots easier than crawling under the car for ages. Last time i had to change a rear seal and clutch i had it all out in 2hrs, back in and running in 5hrs!

Sounds good I cant think of any reason while the manual tunnel will stop me doing that.

Size of the tunnels

So will it get wedged puling it forward then? Think I will be dropping the lot bugger.

I just did this in my MK2 last week

i bought 4 x 3/8 unf about 150mm long bolts and replaced the cross member bolts and used them as a guide then lowerd the engin as far down as i could with a jack. bolted the gearbox up the jacked it back up!

I second what Stuart said. I had "specialist" replace my clutch up here and they didn't lower the engine. Ended up with a bent input shaft where some idiot forced the issue.

Thanks guys thats Sunday booked then.

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Originally posted by stuart h

I just did this in my MK2 last week

i bought 4 x 3/8 unf about 150mm long bolts and replaced the cross member bolts and used them as a guide then lowerd the engin as far down as i could with a jack. bolted the gearbox up the jacked it back up!

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I do this as well. Rememember to disconnect steering shaft from the rack... and it helps to take the rocker cover off to allow the engine to tilt back further. Makes it easier to drop the box off !

If you ever get the chance do replace the trans tunnel. My mk2 was a manual car but i'd say late 80s/early 90s the owner decided to put a type 9 in there while they rebuilt it and widened the tunnel to suit. The tunnel is large enough that it only took 1hr 45's at a workshop to remove the shagged type 9, swap bell housings/clutch and bolt in the new type 9

The space in the tunnel makes a hell of a difference