I'm replacing the clutch in my 2000 V6 Camaro and I have run into a problem.

With everything disconnected I unbolted the trans and got it to break free
of the locator pins. I begain to slide her back and she hit the tunnel so I tilt
the engine back till it stops. I get the trans out to the point that the input
shaft catches on the diaphram fingers of the pressure plate ! I use a pry bar to move the fingers away and out comes the trans.

My problem is the engine will not tilt back any further because at the back of the intake there is a nipple with the vacuum hose that goes the the brake booster. When I go to re-install the trans I don't want to bend the fingers on my new Centerforce DF clutch. Can I hammer the transmission tunnel for the needed clearance? Or is there something I'm over looking?

 

I don't see anything wrong with that.

Were the sifter hole is, there is a 90* bend in the metal that the trans gets cought on. I read about it in GMHTP and they actually hammered it out of the way.

I can't seem to pull up the install article from GMHTP website.. But if you have an archive, like I do, see March 2006 VOL 12 No. 3, FORWARD MOTION. SPEC Clutch install on a TA.