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<blockquote data-quote="smitty2919" data-source="post: 13633487" data-attributes="member: 113577"><p>Oh and have fun taking the T-45 out. With stock manifolds I had a B!TCH of a time with this damn trans having the integrated bellhousing.</p><p></p><p>The clutch swap on my 04 GTO with a T56 was a damn breeze compared to the T45 or even T3650. </p><p></p><p>I did this on jack stands with a trans jack. It will not just pull straight back and out. You need to find the right angle of the motor/trans plus twisting the trans to have the "ears/tabs of the bellhousing clear the trans tunnel. OH and the damn metal bracket the spans the top of the trans to hold the 02 sensor wires. If i got the right angle of the trans, the metal bracket would hit the trans tunnel. Quite annoying. A large hammer to the metal bracket made me feel better after I ripped it out...</p><p></p><p>Needless to say the bellhousing tabs got shaved off and the metal bracket up top did not get reinstalled. I also chose not to put the top bolt of the starter in because it was a pain to get out.</p><p></p><p>It will help to have a helper tilt the motor "back" as you install the trans. The weight of the 4V seems to be "front heavy" when it only rests on the motor mounts. A free sitting 4V can be tilted back a good couple of degrees in order to get the right motor/trans angle to have the trans slide up to the motor.</p><p></p><p>OK, rant over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smitty2919, post: 13633487, member: 113577"] Oh and have fun taking the T-45 out. With stock manifolds I had a B!TCH of a time with this damn trans having the integrated bellhousing. The clutch swap on my 04 GTO with a T56 was a damn breeze compared to the T45 or even T3650. I did this on jack stands with a trans jack. It will not just pull straight back and out. You need to find the right angle of the motor/trans plus twisting the trans to have the "ears/tabs of the bellhousing clear the trans tunnel. OH and the damn metal bracket the spans the top of the trans to hold the 02 sensor wires. If i got the right angle of the trans, the metal bracket would hit the trans tunnel. Quite annoying. A large hammer to the metal bracket made me feel better after I ripped it out... Needless to say the bellhousing tabs got shaved off and the metal bracket up top did not get reinstalled. I also chose not to put the top bolt of the starter in because it was a pain to get out. It will help to have a helper tilt the motor "back" as you install the trans. The weight of the 4V seems to be "front heavy" when it only rests on the motor mounts. A free sitting 4V can be tilted back a good couple of degrees in order to get the right motor/trans angle to have the trans slide up to the motor. OK, rant over. [/QUOTE]
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