Traney removal

[RJ-92]

Here's my dilema. My 3.2 is sitting on the SF connected to the ATX still. I am in the process of tearing it down so I can have the engine machined. I need to disconect the ATX from the motor. The whole assembly is sitting the ground, I realize I might need to suspend it to remove the trany. So far I got as far as removing the bolts holding the two together. What is all involved in this process.

Thanx in advance

 

[Off Road SHO]

Ron,

So you know for a fact that you got all of the engine to tranny bolts removed? Even the the two oil pan to tranny bolts that are hidden inside those recesses of the oil pan?

What kind of machining are you going to do or have done to the motor?

Tom

 

[RJ-92]

Off Road SHO:
Ron,

So you know for a fact that you got all of the engine to tranny bolts removed? Even the the two oil pan to tranny bolts that are hidden inside those recesses of the oil pan?

What kind of machining are you going to do or have done to the motor?

Tom

Pretty sure. I jacked it up pretty high and found a few under there. I think I removed 9 total.

I'm getting the cylinders honed, balanced, and having it put back together with higer comp pistons new bearings etc.

 

[Gloffer]

I think you may still need to unbolt the flexplate from the torque converter. There are 4 nuts that attach the flex plate to the torque converter. These are reached through the inspection port on the lower part of the tranny, that is revealed by removing the thin piece of aluminum that's between the engine and tranny. You'll have to rotate the engine to align each nut with the inspection port so that you can use a socket on an extension to loosen the nuts.

 

[Off Road SHO]

Gloffer:
I think you may still need to unbolt the flexplate from the torque converter. There are 4 nuts that attach the flex plate to the torque converter. These are reached through the inspection port on the lower part of the tranny, that is revealed by removing the thin piece of aluminum that's between the engine and tranny. You'll have to rotate the engine to align each nut with the inspection port so that you can use a socket on an extension to loosen the nuts.

Mike, I thought that the torque converter would just slide off of the main tranny shaft, but now that you mentioned it, I do remember having to loosen and tighten those of yours.

Tom

<small>[ January 04, 2004, 07:32 AM: Message edited by: Off Road SHO ]</small>

 

[RJ-92]

I better get moving on it. I sold it already.

 

[RJ-92]

Gloffer:
that is revealed by removing the thin piece of aluminum that's between the engine and tranny.

How do I acomplish this?

 

[91taurisho]

RJ-92:

Gloffer:
that is revealed by removing the thin piece of aluminum that's between the engine and tranny.

How do I acomplish this?

If the engine/tranny and cradle are on the ground you should'nt have to remove the torque converter(you need to when the tranny is in the engine bay because of size constraints). Make sure you have all bolts including tranny mount bolts and starter bolts and starter out of the tranny/engine. If you do, then take off the thin piece of metal that the starter went into turn the flexplate and remove the bolts that hold the torque converter on. you should not have to do this because the torque converter is attached to the flexplate which is attached to the crankshaft. The tranny's input shaft resides in the torque converter, but it is held there by thetranny to engine bolts. If you have everything out and still can not get the tranny off the engine, then you might try hoisting up the engine a foot or so (resting the tranny on a jack) and pulling on the tranny (the tranny might be resting on the input shaft, which is bad, and that might be why you cant get it out[highly unlikely but still possible]). Email or PM me for more info! good luck thumb

Btw offroadsho you were right in both retrospects you can slide it right off but only when you have the space to do so... when you don't then is when you need to take the torque converter nuts off

<small>[ January 05, 2004, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: 91taurisho ]</small>