Removal Of Transmission And Engine.

[BobbyJones]

Hello again, tomorrow or Monday I might attempt to remove my engine and transmission. Does anyone have a howto handy for removing a v6 and auto transmission? This will be my first engine removal and one of the few times I will be working on a rwd car. So there is a lot of new stuff idk about.

 

[ThaFonz]

Hello again, tomorrow or Monday I might attempt to remove my engine and transmission. Does anyone have a howto handy for removing a v6 and auto transmission? This will be my first engine removal and one of the few times I will be working on a rwd car. So there is a lot of new stuff idk about.

Good afternoon Bobby lets see if this will help you out..:
The game plan is to do the removal and install all in one piece!!
Drain coolant, remove the front bumper to help with clearance for the hoist, remove radiator and fan, disconnect the fuel lines and A/C lines, remove the v belt, remove the battery then air box intake, remove the vacuum lines, remove coil plug lines after marking them where they go, remove the intake plenum from the motor and gaskets, go underneath and remove the wire harness from the transmission from the sensors under it I believe that there are 4 of them and slide the harness to the side or up front. drain the transmission fluid as well as the engine oil so you don't have so much of a mess to clean up during the removal.
Once you have everything disconnected from the transmission and motor, remove the mid pipe and sensors from the cats, drop the mid pipe then slide a floor or tranny jack under the tranny and lightly support it as you unbolt the transmission from the car itll be (4) bolts I believe then there's two bolts for the motor mounts (1) on each side of the car: be sure to have your engine hoist hooked up to the motor at this point; after you unbolt the motor from the car it'll be resting on it's mounts on the K member at this point you'll see why you needed to remove the bumper as the hoist will move having a level with the engine hoist will make the job safer and easier.
Let me know how it goes.

 

[BobbyJones]

Ok. I just need to find a hoist. Once I get a hoist I will hopefully be able to get the engine out.

 

[ThaFonz]

Yes the engine hoist is the winning ticket. And if you remove the tranny and motor at once it makes remembering what everything looks like and where it is. Plus you get to make the bay and transmission hump look all clean..
OOhhh, dont forget to disconnect the shifter from the transmission and the steering shaft first!! ^^

 

[BobbyJones]

How do I remove the shifter?

 

[ThaFonz]

what year exactly is it..?

 

[ThaFonz]

If its a 99-04 then all you have to do is lock the hand brake, move the shifter down to 1 use either a Torx 20 or a 3/32 or so wrench in and turn counter clockwise and grip the shifter lever and separate it from the arm.
Remove the shifter bezel and disconnect the plugs from the back of that panel then slide the boot and panel out!

 

[BobbyJones]

It doesn't have a boot it's an auto.

 

[ThaFonz]

the torx screws on the side of the shifter to the left for example remove those so you can slide the round indicator panel out, then you'll see a small wire in the back of it towards the front which prevents you from shifting while the brake isn't on..

 

[BobbyJones]

Ironically this car can shift without brake being on.

 

[ThaFonz]

That's not a good thing..

 

[BobbyJones]

Yeah I know. Idk what the previous owner did to it. But I am not too worried about it as I am only trying to part out the car. Ironically the ebrake broke the other day when I pulled it too hard.

Edit: I also went to Harbor Freight today and bought some tools to do the job. Namely a better Jack and a hoist. And I spent 400 dollars lol. Which is a lot for me considering I am on a college student budget. Any ways I have the hoist and various accessories to do the job. Today I removed the driveshaft and drained the engine oil. No oil dripped out of the trans when I removed the driveshaft but I did see some on the end of the driveshaft. So idk if that's bad or if that could just be due to some good luck. I had the radiator and fan removed from the day before. I also removed the alternator and accidentally removed the AC Compressor. I removed various vacuum lines and other things of that sort. Sadly I ran out of day light but hopefully I will have the engine and trans out tomorrow, but that means I will have to work in the rain. Hopefully it doesn't come down too hard tomorrow.

 

[ThaFonz]

If you don't have to deal with the rain; Don't. Cover it up and wait it out. Long as you drained the oils out and have a low profile jack to guide the transmission out it'll help with removal.. Do it on level ground.

 

[BobbyJones]

I took it already. And well it was probably the worse engine removal ever. Long story short our old hoist tipped over almost hitting my father, but regardless the engine is out and now for sale.

 

[ThaFonz]

Geez man., glad the old man is okay.. Remember what I was saying about having a engine level..? that's what would've avoided the tipping of the hoist. But also glad you got it out.

 

[BobbyJones]

Well my dad is stubborn and prefers to do things his way. Which in this case meant on the grass and no new hoist and no engine leveler thing. The hoist we used had no wheels so the process was ten times as difficult.

 

[ThaFonz]

OMG....!!!!! Soooooooooooo dangerous.. real real real lucky you both weren't hurt at the same time. Glad you two get to spin wrenches another day