Ok, so I thought I would update my orignal post and I have some more questions. Its now spring break here, THANK GOD!!, and today I and my GF's dad took out my tranny. What a pain!!! Well most of it was easy, but we ran into two problems.
First as we removed the front drive shaft, we had a hell of a time removing the bolts at the transfer box. There is that section right there that has 4 universal joints, I can't remember the exact name, but it has something to do with keeping all the power
So that required some extra time. By far the biggest problem was removing the two bolts on the very top of the bell housing. The bolt on the passenger side was some what challenging but I was able to stick my arm through the wheel well and keep the socket lined up as he broke it loose.
Here is my real qustion, is there any way to make the removal and install of
the top bolt on the DRIVERS SIDE any easier??!!! HOLY CRAP it took us almost an hour to get it out
We could could barily reach the bolt with ALL of his rachet extenisions and at that point he couldn't get any torque! We finally CUT the end of one of his 17 mm wrenches and fished a hand back behind my heater core hoses and pounded it free with a length of pipe
So thats how we got it done since there is no access between the transmission and the fire wall, or the floor for that matter. How in the world are we going to get that damn bolt back IN when my trans is finished?! I'm hoping someone has a trick for it or god help us there might be a new access hole cut in my fire wall to get to that bolt :cry:
Thanks guys, sorry for the length, but I need help
Erich
__________________
99' Black Highlander 4runner /
Garage Profile
Black powder coated 8x16 Wheeler Off-Road allow wheels / Husky floor liners / Thule MOAB rack / Custom Sub Enclosure /
Back-up lights
"I don't high-light my hair, I've still got a pair, yeah honey, I'm still a guy.
My eye brows aint plucked, there's a gun in my truck, Oh thank GOD, I'm still a guy!" Brad Paisley