The tranny has come away from the engine enough for me to see most of the flywheel. Probably about 2 inches. The entire spline piece on the tranny side (don't know the name) is out of the clutch. The only part holding the tranny on is the rod. I tried a bunch of times to get it off, but it won't budge. I still plan on removing the engine. I have everything disconnected already. I just have to remove the coolant hoses, and the power steering hoses. I am going to replace my waterpump, and remove the ac while the engine is out. Plus, it will be easier to install the new tranny, clutch and lightened flywheel with the engine out. However, I still need to remove the transmission from my daily driver. I'm parting out my GLI. Almost all my parts are going on my projekt car. Thanks for the help. keep it comming :)
If anyone has any tips on removing the engine by rolling it out the front on a floor jack, please let me know. Thanks! On Tue, 22 May 2001 18:49:06 -0700 (PDT) John Caldwell <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, 22 May 2001, Mark W Ingold wrote: > > > Here is the deal...My transmission is completely unbolted from the > > engine. Nothing is holding it on, except the metal rod going from > the > > tranny to the engine. I tried many many times with help from > someone else > > to remove it. I rotated the 'pumpkin' up about 90 degrees. I > pulled with > > all my might. The engine is moved over plenty far enough. I don't > have > > any clearance problems, it just won't come off. When we pull on > the > > tranny, it brings the engine with it. What's the deal. I'm really > > annoyed. Should the engine be at top dead center? I don't see why > that > > should matter, but on the write up on Jan's page it says 'put the > engine > > at TDC to free things up'. Not an exact quote but what the heck > does > > 'free things up' mean anyway? Thanks for the help. > > > Can you wiggle the transmission up and down a bit? It took a little > wiggling to get the tranny's output shaft to come out of the clutch > disk > on my car. The first time in a week took a little swearing, the > second > time a little less swearing, and the third time was like butta. :) > is the > tranny coming away from the motor at all? The only other place you > might > have clearance issues is the passenger side drive flange hitting on > the > flywheel. It eventually comes out. > > > By the way, I really wouldn't recommend dropping the motor... there > is a > lot more stuff to disconnect than you would think when doing this, > and > you're going to want to label everything to make sure it goes back > together correctly. Just that would take you as long as getting the > tranny out by itself. > > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
