Anything special to pulling it from the tranny or is just like anything else? Yanked and yanked and yanked on it for quite some time with no avail. Was thinking of trying to get a spreader of some sort to help assist.
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keep the tranny perfectly straight and level when separating it. The input shaft is in the tranny and torque converter. If you put it in a bind something's gonna give. And that wouldn't be good.
Worst case, you can cut access holes into the bell housing since that will likely get replaced as part of the transmission overhaul anyway.
Trying to keep it as straight as possible. Hard with having to get over the motor mounts on the frame. Will try to remove them from the motor on my next attempt.
Not a bad idea, but I'm trying to not have to replace motor AND trans. Just motor. But worse comes to worse, good to have that idea
Just an update on this, I finally got the motor out and a used one put in. Found a used one on Ebay. Higher priced than I would have liked, but no core charge.
Firstly, I took the motor mounts off the block to give me some more room. Wasn't enough. It moved a lot more, but the oil pan started to contact the differential. After about 30 minutes of failed attempts. Out came the diff. Once that was out of the way, the motor with torque converter slid right out. Even with the motor out, the bolts on the torque converter were still a PIA. So I'm glad it was out at that point. Overall, this would have easily been a 2 day job if I would have just dropped the diff to begin with, but I thought that was a whole other project when in reality, it's 4 bolts that hold it, and no fluid to drain. Thanks for everyone's suggestions! I appreciated them all!
Firstly, I took the motor mounts off the block to give me some more room. Wasn't enough. It moved a lot more, but the oil pan started to contact the differential. After about 30 minutes of failed attempts. Out came the diff. Once that was out of the way, the motor with torque converter slid right out. Even with the motor out, the bolts on the torque converter were still a PIA. So I'm glad it was out at that point. Overall, this would have easily been a 2 day job if I would have just dropped the diff to begin with, but I thought that was a whole other project when in reality, it's 4 bolts that hold it, and no fluid to drain. Thanks for everyone's suggestions! I appreciated them all!
Thanks for following up, and I'm glad you got it out!
