Archive for July, 2008

Step 21 - Support the tranny with an extra floor jack and then unbolt it.

Tools Needed: 17mm Deep Socket Wrench, Floor Jack, 2×4 Piece of wood.

Place a 2nd jack with a piece of 2×4 wood under the tranny. Then get your friend to grab a hold of the rope with some gloves. Once the tranny is supported you can start unbolting the lower front transmission mount using a 17mm socket wrench. Then Tell your friend to hold the rope tight and start unbolting the last 3 top engine mount bolts using a 17mm socket wrench.

Step 22 – Grab the tranny and wiggle it left and right to dislodge it of the engine.

Tools Needed: Gloves

Grab the tranny with your hands and start wiggling it left and right to dislodge it off the engine. Careful not to move the engine to much so it does not fall of the jack support. Once you get the tranny loose, hold it while your friend removes the 2nd jack out of the way and you can slowly lower it to the ground.

Step 18 – Support engine with a floor jack and piece of 2×4 wood

Tools Needed: Floor Jack and a 8-12″ Piece of Good 2×4 Wood

Position the jack under the engine oil pan, and place a piece of 2×4 between the oil pan and the jack. Then gently raise the jack till the piece of 2×4 is touching the oil pan. Make sure you are not jacking up the engine, all your doing it supporting it so it doesn’t drop to the floor when the tranny is dismounted.

Step 19 – Wrap some rope around the tranny for added support later

Tools Needed: 6-10 feet of nylon rope

Wrap the nylon rope around the tranny 2 times for added support later. Make sure it’s not going to fall off the tranny so wrap it front to back.

Step 20 – Unbolt the rear top transmission mount bolt and the top engine to tranny bolts

Tools Needed: 19mm Socket Wrench and 17mm Socket Wrench

Unbolt the top rear tranny mount bolt using a 19mm socket wrench. Then take a 17mm socket wrench and unbolt the top four tranny to engine bolts. Keep track where each bolt is from as one of them has a bracket for the oxygen sensor plug.

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Step 16 – Unbolt the 2 rear bottom transmission mount bolts

Tools Needed: 17mm Socket Wrench

Use a 17mm socket wrench and unbolt the 2 bottom rear transmission mount bolts.  And then unbolt the engine to transmission bolt that is just to the left.

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Step 17 – Unbolt the bottom engine to transmission bolts

Tools Needed: 14mm Socket Wrench

Use a 14mm socket wrench and unscrew the front lower engine to transmission bolt. Then unscrew the rear lower 12mm engine to transmission bolt.

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