Thanks for the info

 

Neat.

 

I have ran into a problem with the trans. All the bolts are out. transmission is free moving. It bounces up and down and moves side to side. The tranny is about an inch and a half from the block and it will not move any further! I can see completely around the trans. It spins but will not move. It goes up and down but will not come back any further. I have checked to see if it is hitting the tunnel or anything and it is not. I have been at it for about 3 hours. Is there some sort of retainer clip that would hold it on the shaft?

 

ok.. nevermind.. it was the clutch release fork. Never seen a trans that you had to remove the release fork to pull the trans! CRAZY! Anyways. I didnt have to pull the manifolds or nothing. I pulled the motor mounts and the brackets on the block. Removed the front engine bump stop and put a engine hoist on the motor and dropped the motor down. I had plenty of room to get the trans out. Should be back in, in no time. Have family down so I have been procrastinating on working on it. I will time how fast it goes back together. All and all.. I am probably at the 3 hour mark if you take out the time where I was baffled at WTF was holding this tranny in and how to get around dropping the subframe.

 

I told you about that shift fork in an earlier post. But, glad to see you got it out. Don't forget the torque specs for the flywheel (94 ft lbs) and pressure plate(19 ft lbs).

 

yea... i just kinda scanned over it for the most part. Was thinking.. ok.. its like a regular trans pull. I did not realize that the release berring was pretty much attached to the pressure plate. Then even when everybody said to pull the release fork. I was looking for some way to unbolt it. who would have thought it just pulls right out like that.

Crazy. but I did take a few pictures of how I did it. It was actually fairly simple. I had it back together in no time. I would have to say that I think that it was probably easier and faster than dropping the subframe. If I would have had that car on a lift. It could have probably had it done in a few hours.

Does the stock header prevent you from pulling the trans? Or do they just suggest pulling it to drop the motor. I pulled the motor mounts and motor mount brackets and dropped the engine with the manifold turbo and downpipe still on. Even left the O2 sensor in it.

I also ran into the problem that the shifter bushing was broken into 3 pieces. I ended up taking a inch of 3/8" water line and shoving it on the end of the shifter. It actually fit really well. Shifts great.

I will post some pictures of it later.

 

Congrats on getting it done!

The header is usually in the way to get the trans out. I'm sure it is different on a turbo manifold.

I interested in seeing how you did it. Def post some pics when you get the chance.

 

2nd gen MR2 clutches are fun to replace also

 

I will try and upload them tonight

I have done one of them. It is really no harder than any other front wheel drive car.

 

I put a chain on the front runner of the intake and the exhaust.


This is the driverside motor mount and bracket removed.


passenger side motor mount and bracket removed


cross member under motor was removed along with the front bump stop in front of the oil pan.


I disconnected the driveshaft, downpipe (bottom left of picture, still connected), and rear tranny mount and bracket.

The motor dropped down about 5 or 6 inches.

as you can see was plenty of room for the bolts to be removed and the trans to slide off.

I did disconnect the intake, and boost pipes. but nothing else was removed. The transmission was easily gotten to at this point. Took me all of about 45 min to do everything with hand tools. I used a 3 inch extension and a deep well 14mm to get the top starter bolt from the bottom of the motor after the motor mount was removed. It took some feeling around but it was fairly easy. I left the bottom starter bolt in to keep it lined up for easy re-installation. The car went back together in about an hour and a half again using my hand tools. Would have probably be a little faster with my air tools but I was just diligently working and didnt feel like breaking them out. Battery, a/c, alt, and all belts were all left in place. The engine was dropped just how it appears in the picture.