ahickman

I finally got all bellhousing bolts free on my 94 Runner with automatic transmission and started to pull the block away fromt he tranny. I was told that you have to remove several bolts on the torque converter before separation of the tranny/block, but don't know where to locate these bolts. It looks like there is a small half moon plate at the bottom of the bellhousing that will pull away. Is this where the bolts are located?

Yoda

I think we got them through the starter hole. But it might have through the plate.

mt_goat

Yes, remove that plate (dust cover) and you can get to them one at a time by rotating the crank bolt round. Take note: one of the bolts has a bigger shoulder than the others, going back on that one goes in first.