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To me it looked like the slave cylinder was still attached too. When I did this in the past I just jacked up the front of the engine until it hit the firewall and then the tranny would slide off easily.
To help me so I wouldn't drop it I used one of these transmission jacks from Harbor Freight:
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This this helped a LOT when trying to get it back on. And now going back to your pictures I see you are using one too, good!
You did remember to disconnect the speedo cable right?
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03-29-2008, 02:09 PM
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Sorry to butt in, but it looks like I may be doing this job soon, and needed to know if I can do this without a lift. How much space do you need under the car to get the trans out?
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It can be done without a lift.
Jackstands that are extended 4-5 notches on the front jack points then another pair on the axle to get it up in the air level will get you enough room to get under, get it out and drag it out the passenger side and not be too high to put back in with a jack or by bench pressing.
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03-30-2008, 01:28 AM
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Hooray! Thank you all for your help in this thread. I tilted the engine back further and the transmission slid right off. Turns out that the transmission's propeller shaft had already cleared the flywheel, the tranny was just getting stuck on the floor panels above it.
Now to figure out how to remove the transmission mount....banging with a pipe did not work. I am going to take a trip to harbor freight tomorrow to see how much a torch is.
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Sorry to butt in, but it looks like I may be doing this job soon, and needed to know if I can do this without a lift. How much space do you need under the car to get the trans out?
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03-30-2008, 06:14 AM
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Yeah, no problem without a lift but one of those tranny jacks I referenced earlier in the thread makes things a bit easier. Certainly not required but I found it helped a lot. You should also have an 18-24" socket extension and a u-joint extension, these will allow you to get at the two bolts at the top of the bell housing. They are the trickiest, you'll have to jack up the front of the engine to push the bell housing down then use the extension and u-joint to go up the transmission tunnel to get at them.
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Yeah, no problem without a lift but one of those tranny jacks I referenced earlier in the thread makes things a bit easier. Certainly not required but I found it helped a lot. You should also have an 18-24" socket extension and a u-joint extension, these will allow you to get at the two bolts at the top of the bell housing. They are the trickiest, you'll have to jack up the front of the engine to push the bell housing down then use the extension and u-joint to go up the transmission tunnel to get at them.
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the two bolts at the top of the bell housing. They are the trickiest, you'll have to jack up the front of the engine to push the bell housing down then use the extension and u-joint to go up the transmission tunnel to get at them.
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All I did was loosen them from the topside before tilting the engine back....
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I jacked up the rear of the trans to tilt the engine forward and got those buggers from the top side with a ratcheting wrench, no extensions...
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All I did was loosen them from the topside before tilting the engine back....
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good tip, DD. I had to undo the 4 headers from the cylinder to get to that one on the driv side. Wish there would be a way to avoid this, as I hate to attach back those headers.....
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Thanks DD, that is a GOOD tip for next time. BUT, I should add you eventually must tip the engine BACK, for it to clear the floor of car, or bellhousing will hit it. No?
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Tif, do you find it necessary to undo those headers for the bolt on that side??
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I left the entire exhaust intact/assembled and simply undid the hangers which in turn allowed the engine to tip back.
The two that are 'top center' can be had from the topside as described, the rest are all accessable from underneath using various extensions. (I don't think I even used a socket U-joint, but I did put a 'wobble' extension to use)
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...Won't Go ON!
So...maybe I'm missing something. But is there a trick to pulling the tranny back onto the engine?
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