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Alright guys, I’ve spent 12 hours tearing apart my transmission today (with a few breaks in between haha) and I cannot get the Transmission to break free from the engine. I have an 03 with 70k miles and no rust. My only guess is that there’s a bolt somewhere?! Here’s all the bolts I have taken out of the transmission
when I lower the transmission jack, the headers come with it, thus meaning the transmission and engine are one. I could really use some help! Thanks!!
Nobody has mentioned that the input shaft may be hung up. I get the feeling the OP has never pulled a tranny before, so we don't know how he is supporting it.
Nobody has mentioned that the input shaft may be hung up. I get the feeling the OP has never pulled a tranny before, so we don't know how he is supporting it.
yeah I did some research before hand. Bought a transmission jack for 100 bucks and it honestly saved me. Definitely couldn’t have done it with just a regular old floor jack
12hrs damn. I'm allocating 3-4 to do my clutch job
Fair enough man, it took me a long time because of all the things I had to pull off. None of those bolts had ever been touched so they were all a pain. Also, this is one of my first major mechanical thing I’ve done. Main thing was looking for the dadgum sockets 😂! Goodluck with the new clutch, I just bought a JWT to throw on.
12 hours? Please don't remind me. First clutch I did took 3 days.
But here's why.... wrestling with the trans (in my first Z) to get it back in after a flawless trans/clutch REMOVAL. Bellhousing would not mate up to the motor backplane. 1/2" off. Kept wrestling for two more days.
My father - curious to know why my car was still on stands two days later - asks, "Did you use a clutch alignment tool?"
Me, being jerkoff teenager: "Of course I did, you think I'm stupid or something?!"
Later that day, took the clutch alignment tool out and discovered it was bent. Eyeball aligned the clutch, tranny slipped right in (about three minutes).
And that's why I learned to listen to older, wiser guys throughout my career at Datsun (and every other life endeavor). Hahahahahaha.
^ That story strikes a personal chord with me.
The first time I replaced the clutch in my 240sx, it took an 8 hour span to remove and replace the clutch with relatively no issue and 2 days of wrestling the transmission into place because the brass pilot bushing deformed when I installed it into the crank. I was 18 and unaware of the existence of a jack specifically for transmissions, so I would get underneath my car, have two friends sit in the seats, place a chain around the end the of transmission that they would hoist through the shifter hole, and then bench press the front of the bell housing into place. Had to take some material off the inside diameter of the pilot bushing with a dremel tool, and voila it slid in like butter.
^ That story strikes a personal chord with me.
The first time I replaced the clutch in my 240sx, it took an 8 hour span to remove and replace the clutch with relatively no issue and 2 days of wrestling the transmission into place because the brass pilot bushing deformed when I installed it into the crank. I was 18 and unaware of the existence of a jack specifically for transmissions, so I would get underneath my car, have two friends sit in the seats, place a chain around the end the of transmission that they would hoist through the shifter hole, and then bench press the front of the bell housing into place. Had to take some material off the inside diameter of the pilot bushing with a dremel tool, and voila it slid in like butter.
Hahaha. Damm pilot bushing. Who'd think that a $1.00 ring of metal could cause such pains in the ***?
Transmission jack? What's that? Seriously, when I say I wrestled with the transmission, wasn't kidding. Two arms, two hands, chest. Did an auto tranny in one of my Volvos like that at 1am in the morning as well. Now? Oh hell no. I support local businesses. Hahaha.
06-01-2020, 03:51 PM
Issue Pulling Transmission
Seriously, when I say I wrestled with the transmission, wasn't kidding. Two arms, two hands, chest. Did an auto tranny in one of my Volvos like that at 1am in the morning as well. Now? Oh hell no. I support local businesses. Hahaha.