About to drop the auto trans out of a 62, have everything stripped out and ready to raise the jack and tackle the bell housing bolt removal.
Question: How necessary is it to remove the exhaust down pipes from the exh manifolds? (...so the motor/trans assembly can tilt down).
With a u-joint and some extensions, looks like I can access all the bolts from below and above through the trans hump cover hole without the tilt. Do I need the motor tilt for any other clearance issues, etc?
Thanks for any pro tips here in the final steps, trying to be efficient as possible.
EDIT: There is no need to loosen and release the exhaust for the transmission removal....as answered later in this thread by those more in the know than me, and now from my own experience detailed below.
Question: How necessary is it to remove the exhaust down pipes from the exh manifolds? (...so the motor/trans assembly can tilt down).
With a u-joint and some extensions, looks like I can access all the bolts from below and above through the trans hump cover hole without the tilt. Do I need the motor tilt for any other clearance issues, etc?
Thanks for any pro tips here in the final steps, trying to be efficient as possible.
EDIT: There is no need to loosen and release the exhaust for the transmission removal....as answered later in this thread by those more in the know than me, and now from my own experience detailed below.
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