How hard is it to take a tranny out? Its an auto 700R4 from a parts car we have. We are going to remove the tranny and then send it off to the junk yard. What exactly do you have to do and how long should it take? Thanks.

 

pretty easy, remove inspection cover, remove 3 bolts from TC to Flxplate, Remove 6 bellhousing bolts, remove torque arm, driveshaft, and tranny crossmember, squezze the bitch out oh and dont forget to take out the wiring harness, kickdown cable, and coolant lines

 

Remove distributor cap since you will need to angle the tranny to get the very top bolt of the bell housing.

 

Take engine out & the tranny comes out with it. then you unbolt the tranny from the engine & put the engine in the trunk.

 

should I drain the fluid before I drop it?

 

YESSSSSSSSSSS or it will go all over.

 

ok just wanted to make sure since the Haynes manual didnt mention anything about it

 

cover the tail end of tranny once you remove the drive shaft. It will still leak fluid when you tilt/angle the tranny to get upper bolt on bell housing.

 

i accually removed mine and no fliud came out.. but then again it could of been extremely low because it was leaking... so yes.. might be a good idea

 

it's not a requirement per se, but its recommended.

 

you could always get a yoke off a driveshaft and plug the tail of the tranny, i think they make plugs too

 

Thanks for the help guys Just got done dropping the tranny about an hour ago. It wasn't hard at all. The top bolts that connect the tranny to the engine were a pain though.

 

Well congratulation to you. Now that the easy part is done, try installing one is a little difficult especially with just 1 person.

 

Yeah I can imagine how hard it would be to install it in a driveway, especially with just one person. That b*tch is heavy.

 

Thats why Removing the engine with it is so sweet when you want to put the engine back in you just hook up the tranny to it & use the cherry picker.