Get a really big *HAMMER*
David Zavetsky wrote:
> It'll come out...just ONE way though and for the life of me I cant remeber
> what tha twas.......it IS a real PITA.........especially when it's full of
> fluid........
>
> Be real careful how much force you put on it.....The first time I ever did
> it I warped the damn flange and had to remove it all over again and waste
> all the fresh new fluid I had just put in.........
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dakota31852@aol.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Tranny pan won't come out HELP!
>
> > Ive got pretty much the same set up on my 92 V8 4x4 dakota, or at least I
> > would think so, and I had a little trouble dropping the pan, but I was
> > eventually able weezle the pan on outa there, just give it another shot...
> or
> > maybe what I was looking at doing now that I have DT headers on was to
> jack
> > up the tranny, remove the mount on the tail housing and slide it out under
> > the trans... dont know, just an idea.
> >
> > Oh, and by the way, it is a HUGE hassle getting the Y-pipe out of there,
> > especially when you are trying to get it out in one piece like I was when
> I
> > put my DT headers on.... it is possible though.
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 11/04/2000 5:16:13 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > Fast4x4Dakota@aol.com writes:
> >
> > << Well it started out as just a routine trans service (the first one I've
> > done
> > on this truck) and I pulled the pan drained the fluid, well then when I
> went
> > to remove the pan, it wouldn't fit out! It won't physically fit between
> the
> > Y-pipe and the transmission cross member! I even tried pulling the trans
> > mount bolts and jacking the trans up an inch, still no go. I tried
> mashing
> > the Y-pipe with no success. This just won't come out! What a PITA! I'm
> > not
> > at all impressed. Unless someone has suggestions I'm going to notch the
> > cross member to allow me to drop the pan. I don't see any other way to
> fo
> > this. Right now I wish I had headers and the different Y-pipe. Pulling
> the
> > pipe from the manifolds isn't an option, It's just too much hassle right
> > now,
> > I'd rather cut the x-member. Any other suggestions? >>
> >
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