Did you remove the oilpan? That would be the only way you could pull it out with your fingers. The seal should be at least flush with the block, did you grease the seal before installing it?

  gryt57 said:

Did you remove the oilpan? That would be the only way you could pull it out with your fingers. The seal should be at least flush with the block, did you grease the seal before installing it?

i dropped the tranny, and clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, and thats when the seal was clearly visable, that is also when i pulled it out with my fingers, it wasn't untill hours later that i pulled the oil pan, i didn't see how they two jobs were related except the oil pan gasket is very easy to replace while the tranny is out, hense why i did it.

I ask this from pure curiosity...how difficult were the flywheel bolts to remove?

  chaztg said:

I ask this from pure curiosity...how difficult were the flywheel bolts to remove?

weren't bad honestly. used a 1/2 drive rachet, and a 12in breaker. would have been much nicer if i would have lifted the Z off the ground more, and had pavement under me.

I just replaced my oil pan gasket, I thought the leak was coming from there. I drove the car at leat 60 miles w/ no leak. Went to work and now the oil is leaking from the same place(where the tranny and engine meet). How difficult was it to drop the tranny?