apgambino

hi all, I decided that my best bet in fixing my 95 1500 with the bad tranny was to just replace it. i bought a recently rebuilt model off craigslist for 300 bucks and set off the do the swap.

I bought the haynes manual and followed all the instructions. it is pretty straight forward. I am at point where I just finished unbolting the old unit from the engine. my problem is that it is stuck to the engine. I have tried jacking the transmission up a bit, and then letting it down to the point where it is hanging there. I have also whacked at it with a 4lb hammer (busted the tailshaft of the old one ) but to no avail.

Anyone have an ideas? I have an air chisel but I think that would jack up the engine itself.

Let me know what you all think, i'm open to anything since I'm stumped.

Mille Racer 69

the stock stuff that is on there is a pain.
use a heat gun.
good luck

apgambino

that sounds like it could help; any particular spot to focus on?

tinbender59

you are in luck! yesterday i pulled the motor out of mine, so here we go: there are 6 bolts that hold the trans to the motor, ( 15mm or 9/16 heads) if two were 13mm you are not done, go after the rest of them. then there are 6 15mm headed bolts that hold the flywheel cover on plus 2 bolts on the struts - 4X4, the 2WD has 5 or 6 10mm headed bolts. that should be it

Mille Racer 69

not really sure, I just used it all around the area where they connect together.

astrofast4.3

Just for kicks, did you remove the torque convertor bolts??? That trans should just walk right outta there