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i have it completely unhooked but can only seperate from the transmission about 1 - 1 1/2 inch. seems like it has something to do with clutch or clutchfork??? ahh its driving me nuts i have spent 2 days trying to get it out. is there anything im missing please help! its a 91 ss thanks in advance for any advice

There was a thread about this less than a month ago

cant locate it. do you remember the name of the thread by any chance?

found it. damn i feel like a soobNOOB!

*raises hand* yes, that pivot rod pwned me as well two years ago.

I then decided to buy the manufacturers repair manual.. hehe very little stumps me now in assembly or disassembly.. If anything does, it's my fault..

...like pushing the end of my spindle off in a press.. One MUST remove retaining clip before trying to push out the wheel bearing... Yeah, I was tired and thought I had already removed it, but found out I hadn't when the press went all the way up to 50 ton and blew out the outer 1/2" of spindle...

Legacy Rally Guy wrote:*raises hand* yes, that pivot rod pwned me as well two years ago.

I then decided to buy the manufacturers repair manual.. hehe very little stumps me now in assembly or disassembly.. If anything does, it's my fault..

...like pushing the end of my spindle off in a press.. One MUST remove retaining clip before trying to push out the wheel bearing... Yeah, I was tired and thought I had already removed it, but found out I hadn't when the press went all the way up to 50 ton and blew out the outer 1/2" of spindle...

So are you not going to help him?

ANYWAYS... on the drivers side of the bellhousing, there is a plug with a 10mm hex socket in it. take that plug out, then screw in a bolt identical to one found in your coilpack, and pry the pin out. When I say pin, I mean its a steel rod that's about an inch in diameter. The pin will come all the way out (as in you can hold it in your hand and walk around with it.) with some work, and then you can remove the engine. If you know how to search properly, you can answer most your own questions quicker, and without flak, because it's ALL been covered here. Peace
-Adam

ah damn.


yeah i was the one who posted the thread about this 1 month ago lol. apparently it stops most people. and it's extremely frustrating hahaha.

All you get with a 4eat is all your tranny fluid poured out onto the garage floor when you yank the engine lol I dont have time to drain that shit first lol

Arctic Assassian wrote: So are you not going to help him?

The OP already said that he had found it, so the help wasn't needed by that point.




BTW, you CAN remove an auto tranny without removing the flexplate bolts, but it is a huge PITA, as you have to move the damn thing back so freaking far.

There's your useless piece of information for the day.

IronMonkeyL255 wrote:

Arctic Assassian wrote: So are you not going to help him?

The OP already said that he had found it, so the help wasn't needed by that point.


BTW, you CAN remove an auto tranny without removing the flexplate bolts, but it is a huge PITA, as you have to move the damn thing back so freaking far.

There's your useless piece of information for the day.

yeah, so I wasn't going to mention it. No biggie. But yeah, its beyond frustrating when you've gotten that far and as you pull the engine forward, something stops ya short...

IronMonkeyL255 wrote:

Arctic Assassian wrote: So are you not going to help him?

The OP already said that he had found it, so the help wasn't needed by that point.




BTW, you CAN remove an auto tranny without removing the flexplate bolts, but it is a huge PITA, as you have to move the damn thing back so freaking far.

There's your useless piece of information for the day.

hmm, wierd, it didn't save my text when I posted a reply.. it just kept the quote..

But anywho... Yeah, he said he found it, so no biggie..

when i was taking out my slushbox i just put a 2 by 4 in the space between the engine and tranny and went nuts, even with this it took me about 2 hours of just wrenching on it for it to come out.

IronMonkeyL255 wrote:

Arctic Assassian wrote: So are you not going to help him?

BTW, you CAN remove an auto tranny without removing the flexplate bolts, but it is a huge PITA, as you have to move the damn thing back so freaking far.

There's your useless piece of information for the day.

Lol I did that yesterday! torque converter is still on the engine lol. have to putt the trans back about 11" lol didn't even think about unbolting it lol. o well took about 40 mins of wiggling with a pry bar but I got it

oh god the flex plate is the worst. when i did my auto to manual swap i cut the damn torque converter off it with a prybar and hammer. took anout 8 minutes instead of 30 unbolting it. all junk anyways