[DML] Re: Pulling an Automatic

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You do not have to touch the exhaust system. You WILL have to pull the
starter and lift the engine to get to the cover on the bottom. Drain
as much fluid out of the pan and the cooler as you can to try to keep
the mess to a minimum. Follow the Workshop Manual, it is pretty good.
Take the plug off the firewall and cut all the strap ties. You can
leave the shift computer and the switches and harness on and take it
all out together. Be careful that the torque converter doesn't get
away from you. If it slips out of the bell housing as you take the
trans off it will unbalance and the trans could fall off the jack. Bad
enough if the car is jacked up but working under a lift things can
fall further. Don't forget the dipstick tube and the vacuum line. You
should support the engine separately from below as you remove the
trans. It helps to let it pitch down in the front but you don't want
it to go too far.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> Anyone have any experience they care to share pulling an automatic 
> trans and leaving the engine in the car? I've had it out of the car but 
> at the time the engine came with it. 
> 
> Following the manual it appears pretty straighforward albeit a bit 
> messy. Can the dreaded (Hi Bill) crossover stay in place? I have a lift 
> and a trans jack. 
> 
> Muffler is off. 
> 
> Dave







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