DeTomaso Mailing List: May 99, Message #81

I have done it.  I took all the bolts out of the bell housing, the rear
mount bolts on the axle and other stuff.  POut a prop and jack under the
back of the engine and lifted CAREFULLY.  The with a little wiggling, took
it right out.  Two people was all that was necessary.

Dave "strong people too" D

At 10:46 AM 5/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Is there any way of removing the ZF without going through the engine mount
>loosening routine. I've heard mention that leaving the two inner
>bellhousing bolts off could facilitate this. Sounds like a problem waiting
>to happen. I thought if I removed the two rear ZF mounts (which I made a
>special tool for) I could slide it back and out, but with the bellhousing
>attached there was no room. I eventually loosened the engine mounts blah,
>blah, blah...and got it out but in the future I'd like to find an easier
>way. Any suggestions?
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