All,
Thanks to everyone for their transmission removal advice. The whole
thing came off in only about 4 hours of real work. Now I've got to wait
for new parts to get here and source a new (used) transmission from
somewhere. If anyone knows of one in SE michigan or anywhere within 3
or 4 hours of here, let me know.
I do have one more question. Please see this picture:
http://www.splatterfish.com/temp/IMG_0617.JPG
The starter is mounted via three bolts. Two to the transmission and
one to the front motor mount. On the other (engine) side of the motor
mount is a tab with a nut welded to it. There's supposed to be a bolt
in that mount, but it was missing on mine. When I removed the starter,
the whole engine lurched downwards at a pretty good rate and almost
landed on my head. Luckilly it got caught on the front mount. ANYWAY,
I circled the location where (presumably) there is supposed to be a bolt.
Does anyone know what size bolt goes there? Is the engine threaded
inside that hole, or is only the mount threaded? If the engine isn't
threaded, its kind of backwards, since there's no way to get a bolt
through from the transmission side. What gives?
Oh, and what size/type are the twelve sided bolts around the outside
of the flywheel/pressure plate assembly there in the picture?
-Pat
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