Transmission stuck to block...Need help

Alright....Im pulling the engine block....The block is stripped and I took all 6 bolts out of the bell housing to the block. Motor mounts are removed and so are all the wires. I started pulling the motor and the tranny stays together. I then noticed the clutch fork might have to be removed so i removed the push rod to the fork but cant get the fork out??? What am I doing wrong? Do I have to pull the tranny with the block :( Thanks for the help in advance.

5 speed? Did you remove the black splash shield behind the flywheel (bottom of the bell housing, the starter nose runs through it)? That can hang you up. the clutch fork will come out with the bell housing. I usually unbolted the trans from the bell housing and removed the trans, pulled the splash sheild and removed the bell housing (crowbar may be required, depends on the car). Did that help any?

Originally posted by trackbird
5 speed? Did you remove the black splash shield behind the flywheel (bottom of the bell housing, the starter nose runs through it)? That can hang you up. the clutch fork will come out with the bell housing. I usually unbolted the trans from the bell housing and removed the trans, pulled the splash sheild and removed the bell housing (crowbar may be required, depends on the car). Did that help any?

Yea its a 5 speed..Flywheel guard was removed same as the starter. Im gonna go and unbolt the trans from the bell housing right now....Ill get back to you....Thanks for the quick response.

Beautiful.....Came out with a little manuevering. Thanks alot for the help. :D

Great. I just came back to check on this post.

Glad it worked out for you.