With the heads off the Jonesmobile, it suddenly became clear to me how easy it is to get to those pesky upper bell-housing bolts. I'm now dealing with a severe case of the well-while-I'm-in-here's <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I've done the clutch on an '88 Accord before, so I'm fairly familiar with the concept... just not on the Raider. Any tips/tricks for transmission removal? I'm assuming I leave the transfer case on?

Thanks!

Eric W.

I've never done the clutch on my Raider but on most 4wd's, yes, remove t-case with the transmission there is no need to separate them. Pull the drivelines, shifters, clutch hydraulics, wires/cables going to trans/xfer and pull it out. Pretty basic really, just really time consuming.

I did the clutch on my 1990 Toyota 4x4 pickup once by myself using a transmission jack adapter on a floor jack. Use a transmission jack, not an adapter. I was hating life pretty bad.

Have fun!

After setting the Haynes manual aside and perusing the FSM (yeah, I know... Haynes... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />) it became clear that the Haynes procedure was referring to the 2.6 2WD rather than the 3.0 4WD. Once I saw the 3.0 section in the FSM it was much clearer. Looks like I have to pull part of the exhaust though to drop the transmission? Ah well... it's already disconnected from the exhaust manifold at least <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Tonight's little adventure was pulling the shifters. The manual was a little unclear but apparently wanted me to pull some things off that didn't want to come off, so I ended up pulling both the shifter and the T-case lever, held together by a large piece of rubber (NOT the shift boots, no problems with those). Looks like the small rubber boot on the shifter is partially torn <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the tip on the jack -- I've got a small scissors-style transmission jack I bought from Harbor Freight several years ago that I plan on using. That little jack works great for dropping GM fuel tanks to replace the fuel pump as well!

Eric W.