soon when I figure out what I'm doing tranny wise I will be taking the tranny out of the IROC-Z. I took out the 5-speed in my 1986 2.8. Any one wanna give some pointers on taking out the 700R-$. Alos someone told me I have to drop the exhaust to get out the tranny. Is this true I really haven't took a look at that yet. Thanks guys

 

any one. My main question is how the hell do I get to the top 2 bellhouseing bolts??

 

Jack the rear of the tranny up, and straddle the engine, and get the bolts from the top. Beware........the middle two will make you tear your hair out. The tops and bottoms are easy.....beware the middle two.........
Dropping the exhaust helps also.

 

This place has a very nice, fairly complete description on removing the transmission.


http://www.netgearhead.com/rr.html

 

before u tackle ur tranny, u need to put on a helmet and shoulderpads. lol

kolby

 

Items like the trans cooler lines, dipstick tube, & the upper trans/bellhousing bolts are easiest to remove once you have the the trans hanging down. Meaning trans mount & cross member removed & trans hanging (tilted) down & supported with floor jack. For the upper 2 trans bolts, go after them with a really long extension, working from the rear of the trans going forward, over the top of the trans.

 

well thanks for your help. I got the tranny out in 2 hours. I did it at school so I had the use of a lift and tranny jack. So hopefull I'll have the tranny back in on thurs or friday. I wanna she how the iroc is with a tranny that shifts right.