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kcfirstbuild · 04-28-2010, 10:31 PM

I just pulled my 307 and trans out with a cherry picker and i'm wanting to mount it on my engine stand. so, i know that i have to remove my trans from the motor. I removed all the bolts from the bell housing and was able to separate it about an inch or more, but I can't go any further. I asked around and they said it should just slide off. Well its not ? Not sure what kind of Trans i have but its a three on the tree.

also does the flywheel stay with with the motor of with the trans when they are separated?

**El Jay** · 04-28-2010, 10:43 PM

Set it down, on the floor and wiggle the transmission. Sometimes the input shaft gets hung up in the pilot bushing.

**leddzepp** · 04-28-2010, 10:45 PM

The flywheel stays attached to the crankshaft on the engine. ElJay answered your other question.

kcfirstbuild · 04-28-2010, 10:50 PM

OK ill try setting it on the floor,but im not sure if my picker will go that low. I'll try in a day or so. Thought the flywheel stayed with the motor cause i could see the housing move but not the fly. I did alot of wiggling though. I had the picked low and the trans supported my a jack.

basemodel67 · 04-28-2010, 11:32 PM

Yikes! Be careful taking stuff like that apart when it's not on the ground... it weighs A LOT more than you will be ready to catch when it let's loose.

**El Jay** · 04-29-2010, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by leddzepp

The flywheel stays attached to the crankshaft on the engine. ElJay answered your other question.

I forgot to answer the flywheel part. Thanks for covering my butt, Scott.

Jacfourteen · 04-29-2010, 12:55 AM

If it won't go all the way to the floor then put it in the bed of the truck on a sheet of plywood. Like stated above it won't let go until you take the tension off of the input shaft. Good luck!

GASoline71 · 04-29-2010, 01:02 AM

Lower it down so the trans sets into a kids wagon. Then pull on the wagon... I watched a buddy of mine do that with a Ford 302 and a T5...

Gary

petey-pablo · 04-29-2010, 08:14 AM

When I did mine I used two old tires and sat the motor and tranny on them worked great.

Jacfourteen · 04-29-2010, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by petey-pablo

When I did mine I used two old tires and sat the motor and tranny on them worked great.

I've never used a tire for a tranny, but any time I have an engine out I set it in an old tire. The oil sump fits nicely in the sunken in part of the wheel. It works well for when you have to haul one in the back of a truck too.

kcfirstbuild · 04-29-2010, 09:14 PM

Well i got them apart. I didn't unbolt the little pan that is on the bottom of the trans. After that the trans popped right off. Thanks for all the help everyone.

Jim_PA · 04-29-2010, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kcfirstbuild

Well i got them apart. I didn't unbolt the little pan that is on the bottom of the trans. After that the trans popped right off. Thanks for all the help everyone.

That sounds a lot like the way I operate. Thanks for giving me something to relate to

Jacfourteen · 04-30-2010, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim_PA

That sounds a lot like the way I operate. Thanks for giving me something to relate to

Me too, I've pulled some pretty bone head moves before.....even a few that have landed me in the ER

kcfirstbuild · 04-30-2010, 07:01 PM

I have only changed spark plugs, wires and rotated tires before. So pulling a motor and trans out and rebuilding a whole truck is really new to me. I told my dad this would go alot faster if either on of us new what we were doing. But, between the both of us we have alot of people we can call if we need help.

kcfirstbuild · 04-30-2010, 07:08 PM

OH off the subject. I notice the fly wheel ring gear has started to get a bevel to it and looks like i should get a new one. I checked in to a new one and its rather cheap. I figure since im replacing the clutch ill replace that as well.

04-28-2010, 10:31 PM	#1
kcfirstbuild Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Red Wing Mn Posts: 526	Help ! Help ! Help! I just pulled my 307 and trans out with a cherry picker and i'm wanting to mount it on my engine stand. so, i know that i have to remove my trans from the motor. I removed all the bolts from the bell housing and was able to separate it about an inch or more, but I can't go any further. I asked around and they said it should just slide off. Well its not ? Not sure what kind of Trans i have but its a three on the tree. also does the flywheel stay with with the motor of with the trans when they are separated?

04-28-2010, 10:43 PM	#2
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! Set it down, on the floor and wiggle the transmission. Sometimes the input shaft gets hung up in the pilot bushing. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck Last edited by El Jay; 04-29-2010 at 12:35 AM.

04-28-2010, 10:45 PM	#3
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 20,001	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! The flywheel stays attached to the crankshaft on the engine. ElJay answered your other question. __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

04-28-2010, 10:50 PM	#4
kcfirstbuild Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Red Wing Mn Posts: 526	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! OK ill try setting it on the floor,but im not sure if my picker will go that low. I'll try in a day or so. Thought the flywheel stayed with the motor cause i could see the housing move but not the fly. I did alot of wiggling though. I had the picked low and the trans supported my a jack.

04-28-2010, 11:32 PM	#5
basemodel67 Factory Strippers Rule! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shingle Springs, CA Posts: 707	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! Yikes! Be careful taking stuff like that apart when it's not on the ground... it weighs A LOT more than you will be ready to catch when it let's loose. __________________ "Feast your eyes on a feast of smoke." 67 Chevy Short Fleet PLAN: LQ9, 4L60, D60 Looking for School Bus Gauges - Help me out!

04-29-2010, 12:55 AM	#7
Jacfourteen Big Red - Now its a SWB! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oroville, Ca Posts: 1,624	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! If it won't go all the way to the floor then put it in the bed of the truck on a sheet of plywood. Like stated above it won't let go until you take the tension off of the input shaft. Good luck! __________________ 68 3/4 ton (Project)-350 Small Block, .030 over, 10:1 comp, 3998993 heads, C3BX edelbrock intake, comp cams XE268, Holley 670 SA, long tube headers, dual flow 40's, E-fan, Alum rad, currently under the knife getting shortened and bagged build thread 41 3/4 ton (wife's)-flatbed, fully restored to original 01 Tahoe LT 4WD (my daily driver)-Magnaflow Muffler, Rollin on 22's 02 Ford Mustang Convertable (Wife's Car)-Flowmaster 50, Clear corners, Intake, sittin on 18's

04-29-2010, 08:14 AM	#9
petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fremont Ca. Posts: 1,025	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! When I did mine I used two old tires and sat the motor and tranny on them worked great. __________________ Petey-pablo "THE GREEN GOBLIN" 1972 Cheyenne 10 Short Fleet Side Front 2.5inch Spindles with 2inch Springs Rear 4inch drop Springs. 454BBC TH400,Posi 1971 Cheyenne 10 Long Fleet Side 454BBC TH350,Posi Sold Drive it like you stole it! Petey-pablo@sbcglobal.net

04-29-2010, 09:14 PM	#11
kcfirstbuild Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Red Wing Mn Posts: 526	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! Well i got them apart. I didn't unbolt the little pan that is on the bottom of the trans. After that the trans popped right off. Thanks for all the help everyone.

04-30-2010, 07:01 PM	#14
kcfirstbuild Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Red Wing Mn Posts: 526	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! I have only changed spark plugs, wires and rotated tires before. So pulling a motor and trans out and rebuilding a whole truck is really new to me. I told my dad this would go alot faster if either on of us new what we were doing. But, between the both of us we have alot of people we can call if we need help.

04-30-2010, 07:08 PM	#15
kcfirstbuild Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Red Wing Mn Posts: 526	Re: Help ! Help ! Help! OH off the subject. I notice the fly wheel ring gear has started to get a bevel to it and looks like i should get a new one. I checked in to a new one and its rather cheap. I figure since im replacing the clutch ill replace that as well.



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