Removal Procedure
- Remove the gearshift control lever from the gearshift lever case.
Refer to
Gearshift Control Lever Removal
.
- Remove four bolts from the fan shroud at the radiator.
- Raise and support the vehicle. Refer to
Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.
- Place a drain pan or suitable container underneath the transmission.
- Remove the transmission
oil level/filler plug (2) from the transmission.
- Remove the transmission
drain plug (3) from the transmission and drain the transmission oil.
- Place index marks on the
propeller shaft pinion flange yoke and the differential pinion flange to ensure
correct installation.
- Remove the following items from the vehicle:
• | The rear propeller shaft |
- Remove the speedometer cable (3) from the speedometer driven
gear case.
- Remove the following items from the driven speedometer gear case.
- Temporarily install the speedometer driven gear case retaining
bolt.
- Remove the Three-Way Catalytic Converter (TWC) and the muffler/tail
pipe assembly from the vehicle.
- Remove the drain pan from underneath the transmission.
- Support the transmission with a suitable hydraulic jack.
- Remove two bolts (2)
from the rear transmission mount.
- Remove four bolts and the rear transmission crossmember from the
vehicle.
- Place a wooden block between
the distributor gear housing and the bulkhead (2) in order to prevent
the distributor and other components from being damaged when the transmission
is lowered.
- Lower the transmission slowly until the engine contacts its support
on the wood block.
- Remove one clamp and the breather hose from the gearshift lever
case.
- Remove ten bolts and the gearshift lever case from the extension
case.