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!!

 

Keep the jack under it, get at furthest part.....shake the **** out of it

 

I did try that today... no luck. I’ll try it again I suppose, but it’s very stiff

 

It's been there 17 years , not going to break free easily like my exs legs

 

Could also try a pry bar, trying to remember exactly where we did mine...been so long ago

 

Alright thank you for your very fast input!

 

I think....dont hold me to it, there are some dowel type pins ....more than likely it's getting stuck on them. Ones its breaks free you will feel 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.

 

Mission accomplished man! You sure saved me! All it took was a massive earthquake aka shaking it violently, and it came with some prying

now getting the new one will be a hassle😂

thanks for all of your help!!!

 

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

 

that's what she said

 

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.

 

you should do pivot ball and fork while you have it down

 

First time is always 2-3 times the time. Understand. My audi took me about 11 hrs to do the clutch. What a pita

 

I believe that all comes with the brand new CD00a (cd009)

 

ahhhhhhh, dont think you mentioned that . you are good then

 

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.

 

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.