Manual Transmission R&R

[bobs77]

Think I'll start this again with a better title.....

I need to pull the 4 speed transmission in my '77 to replace the throwout bearing. This will be the first time I've removed a transmission.....I have the FSM, but are there's always things it doesn't cover in much detail. Any helpful hints you guys can pass along?

Thanks,

Bob

[RogerZ]

Well it be fairly simple if you a good wrench. First pressure wash the wheel wells (this will prevent the eye full of dirt you will inevitable get) Need jack and jack stands or a lift to get it up in the air. High as you can or hard to get tranny out. Pull front wheels. Then drop the exhaust and tin under the car what be in the way. Drive shaft has four bolts at the diffy. drop and pull out of tranny. Now you need a tranny jack. take off starter and clutch slave cylinder. There are two mounting bolts at the back of the tranny need to be out. There are 6-8 bolts around the periphery of the bell housing that need to come out. about 2.5 to 3 foot extension and a universal will help here. You can get to them all from underneath. If you got extra hands above to put socket on the head so much the better. Once all the bolts are out of the bell housing just wiggle and pull. You will have a tranny sitting on your tranny jack. tranny jack at harbor freight is like $80 works great. Usually the ones they try to rent you are made for mack trucks not Z. (of course if you have a friend with arms the size of my leg you won't need the tranny jack.) while you are in there might put in a clutch, throwout beariang and rear engine seal unless you know all that stuff has been done recently. bunch of z guys around here. I live on whidbey. check out our club zccw.org

[george71z]

Drain the tranny before you pull the driveshaft, unless you enjoy a large puddle of 90W oil on your garage floor.