Dropping the tranny.
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Staging Lane
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Dropping the tranny. I'm about to drop my 6 speed transmission to replace my rear main seal. any advice or tips. Will the top two bolt on the bell housing be ridiculous hard to reach ?
Taking them off is the easy part, putting them back on is the hard part. What I did is take a bunch of extensions and took the screws off inside the cabin going through the shifter hole.
Also use this opportunity to hook up a speed bleeder if you don't have one already.
Also use this opportunity to hook up a speed bleeder if you don't have one already.
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Staging Lane
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Thank you for the advise. I just dropped the drive shaft and torque arm and unplugged all the wires going to tranny. Tomorrow I will get to pull it
I just pulled my tranny a few days ago. Getting to the top bolts is a pain.I used a **** load of extensions thru the bottom of the car.Probably better to go thru the shifter hole.Getting the car back together is another story.You will learn the shortcuts once you've done it.
The speed bleeder is a must.
The speed bleeder is a must.
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Staging Lane
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I just pulled my tranny a few days ago. Getting to the top bolts is a pain.I used a **** load of extensions thru the bottom of the car.Probably better to go thru the shifter hole.Getting the car back together is another story.You will learn the shortcuts once you've done it.
The speed bleeder is a must.
The speed bleeder is a must.
To get to those bolts you asked about, lowes has 20" ratchet extensions. One of these combined with a shorter one reaches the bolts through the shifter hole. 2 will give you access from under the car behind the tail shaft. Let the trans hang to create space.
Reassembly is the real fun part. It's really heavy in the tail shaft and wants to roll toward the passenger side.
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Also, quick lesson learned the hard way. Too much grease on the input shaft makes installation a tad easier, but made my clutch chatter for a few hundred miles until the grease burned off. Go easy on any lubes you use on reassembly
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Staging Lane
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The hardest part I had was putting the tranny back in, it kept hitting the tunnel about 3 inches out. I had to separate the bell house and bolt that up first then the tranny. How to you adjust the clutch mine doesn't grab until about half way released but when I dropped tranny clutch appears to be semi new still !
The hardest part I had was putting the tranny back in, it kept hitting the tunnel about 3 inches out. I had to separate the bell house and bolt that up first then the tranny. How to you adjust the clutch mine doesn't grab until about half way released but when I dropped tranny clutch appears to be semi new still !