Removing a transaxle

[mdbrandy]

First, I'll appologize that this isn't about one of my Z-cars. Sorry 'bout that. But it is about a Nissan .

I'm trying to remove the manual transaxle from a 1995 Nissan 200SX. If there are any remaining bolts holding this stupid thing on, I can't find them. But it acts like it is still solidly bolted to the engine. Any time I've dropped a Z-car tranny, once the bolts are off, it is pretty easy to just pull away from the engine. But I've never removed a FWD transaxle before. I've pry-bar'd and (lightly) hammer'd it outward, and I move the whole engine/tranny. Don' see any separation at this point. If anyone knows anything about removing a transaxle that would cause difficulty in separating it from the engine (other than not being able to find all the bolts holding it in...), I'd appreciate hearing about it.

Sorry again that it isn't a Z-car .

[mdbrandy]

Nevermind. Got it. It was apparently corroded onto a locating pin. A little kroil, a putty knife, and a pry bar, and I popped it off.

BTW, if anyone is looking for a cool transmission jack, I got the one in this pic from Harbor Freight for $125 shipped to me. It's good to 800 lbs (who cares!), but has two axes of adjustment of the platform (side to side and front to back) just by turning a couple of knobs. Made it really easy to adjust to the correct angle to get the transaxle out, and I anticipate it will be easy to get it aligned to put back in. And now I've got it for any other Z trans or differential I need to lift into place .

Mark