For those that have done this. Are you dropping the tranny first?

Thanks

 

no.
i took it out with tranny and t-case . it is kinda tricky by very duable.

 

So I can actually seperate the tranny from the t-case and pull out the engine/tranny assembly as one unit. To do this I still need to disconnect the driveshaft on the RH side right?

I have the service manual but I want to know what others have done as it says to remove the TC and tranny completely before pulling the engine. This seems unnecessary to me.

 

i disconnected it form the t-case and pulled it up as one assembly.

 

pull the halfaxles and driveshaft and your ready to go, mines gone in and out many times motor tranny tc all together

 

when you did that, did you disconnect any of the axles/driveshafts/input shafts of any sort?

 

just the axles and driveshafts. not the input shafts
the TRICKY TRICKY part it getting it out on an angle. the bottom of the engine (crank pulley) must first clear the passenger side rail before the trans starts to move up. ALSO, you have to move the engine away from the car as you are lifting it up, where the t-case is on a 45 degree angle. .

 

what about doing your method and leaving the TC in the car? I have no reason to remove it. I assume in doing this I would also have to remove the input shaft then? What advantage am I getting by removing the TC along with everything else?

 

ok, i think i got you alittle confused. or maybe i am, lol
i removed the engine, trans and tcase all still attached together. i did not seperate any of them. i only remove the L/R axles and the driveshaft. you dont have to remove the 2 small shafts that go inside the tcase and tranny, which are called the input shafts.

the only advantage of removing the t-case and tranny before the engine pull is that it will be easier to pull out the engine. but your probably gonna spend 3-4 hrs removing that stuff instead of an extra 15-45 min trying to remove the entire assembly as one.

 

I think I follow you now. I cant leave the t-case in because there will be no support for it right? The T-case HAS to come out. So I remove the axles and driveshaft to disconnect the entire driveline ***'y from the car body, disconnect all the wiring and hoses, undo the mounts and out it comes, its just a bit of a manuevering process after that.

I am right at that point right now. I was just gonna pull the heads and do an in chassis swap, but I am so close to pulling the engine, I figured, do it to make things easier on me later on (mainly my timing belt) then I get the excuse to replace the clutch as well.

 

no, t-case does not come out. the 6 bolts that support the t-case are still going to be attached to the trans, so there is plenty of support. plus, its is VERY difficult to remove the t-case out of the car without removing the trans.

and remember, remove the engine/trans/t-case assembly almost sideways.

 

We dropped the t/case first, and the motor/tranny together.

 

Sounds like you take the TC from the bottom and the Engine+Tranny through the top?
Can you please gimme a quick run down on how to drop the TC from the bottom?
TIA

 

this was the method I was thinking of doing. Still have to pull the driveshafts and I am pretty sure the service manual says to pull the input shafts as well.

To pull the driveshafts I need a slide hammer right?

 

lets get some terminogoly straight here
the driveshaft is the big long peice that goes from the t-case to the rear end. that peice simply slides off the t-case
the axles are the 2 left/right peices that attach the tcase to the wheel hubs. those are secured by snap rings, which can simply be popped off using a crow bar.
the 2 half shafts are the small rods that go inside the t-case and trans, which are also secured by snap rings, but need a slide hammer to be popped off.