1. |
Remove the coil pack. |
2. |
Remove 2 top bellhousing bolts (tough to see). 1 holds the tranny dipstick, the other has a large copper ground strap that runs to the firewall. Alternatively, you can wait to do these two bolts AFTER you lower the tail shaft of the tranny by using a 9/16" flex socket and a couple LONG extensions. |
3. |
Disconnect TV cable from throttle. |
4. |
Raise the car as high as you can (jackstands work ok ...).
*Support the tranny with a tranny/differential jack* |
5. |
Remove four 10 mm bolts holding converter shield in place. |
6. |
Remove shield. |
7. |
Remove torque convert bolts (three 15 mm bolts). |
8. |
Remove drive shaft retaining bar (four 13 mm bolts) |
9. |
Drop driveshaft ( remove four 10 mm bolts on rear axle U joint). You will have to remove your driveshaft strap (if stock) or drive shaft loop. |
10. |
Remove cotter pin holding cable to linkage. |
11. |
Disconnect cable. |
12. |
Remove cotter pin holding linkage rod to tranny and disconnect linkage./ |
13. |
Undo two 13 mm pan bolts holding cable linkage to tranny pan. |
14. |
Disconnect 4 wire connector from tranny case. |
15. |
Disconnect speedometer cable from tail of tranny. |
16. |
Disconnect TV cable from tranny. (One 10 mm bolt and unhook cable) |
17. |
Pull tranny dipstick tube. |
18. |
Disconnect two tranny cooler lines. |
19. |
Undo four cross member bolts (side of the frame - 15 mm) |
20. |
Undo two 15mm bolts holding tail shaft of tranny to crossmember. |
21. |
Slide cross member back. |
22. |
Lower tranny carefully. Undo the final bellhousing bolts. |