Engine and Transmission, Separating

Engine and Transmission, Separating

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Bracket (30-211 A)

- Remove or disconnect all pipes, hoses, and wires as necessary from the transmission.

- Remove the starter.

- Remove the 3 bolts - arrows - from the torque converter through the opening for the starter. Rotate the crankshaft an additional 120° in engine rotation direction.






- Attach the mounts (VAS 6131/6-7) to the scissor lift table as illustrated and support the transmission free of tension under the oil pan.






Prop up the engine with wooden wedges to keep it from tilting over before separating it from the transmission.

Push the torque converter off the drive plate through the opening for the starter when separating the engine from the transmission.

- Remove all the engine to transmission bolts.

- Loosen the knobs - 1 - on the side of the scissor lift table (VAS 6131) and pull the rear table plate with the transmission toward the rear - arrow -. Push the torque converter off the drive plate and through the opening for the starter.






- Secure the torque converter in the transmission against falling out using the bracket (30-211 A).