Removal

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect battery power source.
2. Lift vehicle on hoist.
3. Remove under body stone shield.
4. Remove drive shaft.
5. Disconnect hydraulic clutch quick connector at the transmission bell housing. Use Clutch Line Disconnect Tool 6638 or 6638A to disconnect.
6. Install a screw-type support stand underneath engine oil pan.
7. Raise the engine/transmission slightly with support stand. Remove the transmission crossmember and mount bolts/nuts.
8. Slightly lower engine/transmission with support stand. Do not allow the engine/transmission assembly to hang freely.
9. Using a crow-foot wrench, unscrew the isolator/ shifter handle from the shifter tower.
10. Disconnect speed sensor, reverse lamp switch and skip shift solenoid main connector at left side frame rail. Disconnect reverse lamp switch connector on the right side of the transmission.
11. Remove upper transmission to bell housing bolts.
12. Raise engine/transmission.
13. Remove bottom transmission bolts.
14. Raise engine up slightly to aid in transmission removal/installation.
15. Slide transmission back so that the input shaft clears bell housing. Then lower transmission.