Question about pulling motor
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From: Columbiaville, MI
Car: 1986 TA
Transmission: T5
Question about pulling motor
Hi,
I'm ready to pull the 305 out of my bird, and my question is what whould I do about the tranny. I know what to do with an automatic tranny when you just want to pull the motor but my T5 is new to me. Do I just unbolt the engine to bellhousing bolts and pull the motor? How about when I put the 350 in? I know this may sound dumb but I just don't understand how the clutch and everything works.
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I'm ready to pull the 305 out of my bird, and my question is what whould I do about the tranny. I know what to do with an automatic tranny when you just want to pull the motor but my T5 is new to me. Do I just unbolt the engine to bellhousing bolts and pull the motor? How about when I put the 350 in? I know this may sound dumb but I just don't understand how the clutch and everything works.
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From: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -RIPHST
Car: 1991 RS
Engine: 383TBI Fastburns and 2"TB
Transmission: T56 held up by Spohnstuff
I pulled the entire assembly (trans and motor, together). Since I was putting in a new clutch and motor, I just yanked the whole operation to get it all out in the open so I could work on it. I was able to pull the engine/trans by myself, no other help.
Putting the whole thing back in required help from my two good friends (I had the headers on and one guy on each side to guide it in with me operating the hoist).
I did this work on a 91 RS, don't know if the birds have more or less room. If you have the hydraulic clutch, that is just a couple bolts to remove the slave from the housing, nothing too serious, kind of nice compared to the the old linkage.
S-D
Putting the whole thing back in required help from my two good friends (I had the headers on and one guy on each side to guide it in with me operating the hoist).
I did this work on a 91 RS, don't know if the birds have more or less room. If you have the hydraulic clutch, that is just a couple bolts to remove the slave from the housing, nothing too serious, kind of nice compared to the the old linkage.
S-D
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From: Augusta Georgia
Car: 89 IROC
Engine: 95 350 LT1
Transmission: 4L60E
All you have to do is remove the bellhousing bolts, don't forget to remove the bolts from the dust cover over the flywheel, there's nothing internal that needs to be undone.
The input shaft for the transmission will slip right out. When you put the clutch/flywheel on the new motor you'll need to center the clutch disk in the clutch. They make alignment tools for this that are pretty cheap, it can also be ligned up by eye if you're careful.
When you put the motor back in just try to go straight into the transmission, if it don't go try putting the trans in any gear and then turn the driveshaft a little to help get the splines ligned up in the clutch disk. Never draw it home with the bolts, if everything is clean and ligned up it will plug right in flush against the block.
The input shaft for the transmission will slip right out. When you put the clutch/flywheel on the new motor you'll need to center the clutch disk in the clutch. They make alignment tools for this that are pretty cheap, it can also be ligned up by eye if you're careful.
When you put the motor back in just try to go straight into the transmission, if it don't go try putting the trans in any gear and then turn the driveshaft a little to help get the splines ligned up in the clutch disk. Never draw it home with the bolts, if everything is clean and ligned up it will plug right in flush against the block.
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