Checking the gearbox before re-installing the engine

[englishmaninwales]

.......Welcome to becoming an Elan owner, but it won't be an easy ride, you seem to have lots to learn.

There are many topics on this forum describing removal and replacement of the engine, with or without the gearbox attached. I don't want to seem mean, but asking questions of a very basic nature without apparent attempt to read existing forum message, will rapidly exhaust the patience of those of use who contribute the main advisory answers..........

Wow! that’s a fine welcome to Elan ownership and this forum! Very patronising indeed. IMHO of course.
Malcolm

[Craven]

Personally, I would not restore a car based on the answers and comments from the armature comments on any forum. It would not satisfy any safety requirement to say, a man on the internet told me.

[sveris]

Are you located in the USA or the UK?

Here, in Dayton Ohio, one of our local transmission shops will take in your transmission and check it for you for a nominal charge.

They even do transaxles for my Lotus Europa.

Steve in Ohio