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I have a 41 120 which I am trying to remove the engine and
transmission as a unit. The front motor mounts are easy, it is the mounts on the transmission which I need help with.
I removed the snubber and disconnected the drive shaft. I removed the shift linkage from side of the master cylinder,
and took off the horizontal shift rods. Can someone please tell me what has to be removed from the back of the transmission where it is attached to the frame?
Thanks in advance

if the car has overdrive there is a round mount on the end of the transmission, it is supported by a plate that bolts to the frame (4 bolts) also a snubber connects the the rear of the od to the plate. this needs to be removed, them you will find it much easier to get at the 4 bolts on the u-joint. none od cars also have a plate for the snubber. It might seam like a lot of extra work, but I recommend you remove the front clip. It will make life a lot better and much less hassle in the long run. Good luck If you decide to remove the front clip, check Mal's posts

"Good luck If you decide to remove the front clip, check Mal's posts"

If I can do it, anyone can! See this link.

I think it impossible to remove engine and transmission as an unit without taking of the frontclip.

You will also need to remove the K member that the transmission mounts sit on. The top left nuts are a pain to get to.

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I did it without removing the K-member, after removing the front clip. I did it without help also, so Ozstatman is more than correct!

There are two ways to remove the powertrain with the nose in place.

Use an overhead gantry hoist with the car on jack stands so the motor and trans comes out at a steep angle. A fork lift would probably work as well.

The second is to lower the unit into a pit using an overhead gantry hoist.

As I recall there is a pit outside of Hibernia although I don't know if they ever used it. I worked in a place that had a pit in a back garage for pulling powertrains. An old timer claimed an hour to drop the Super 8 using the pit.

I can see the forward nut on the left K member but I still have not been able to get a socket on it. I did remove the lower bolts and nuts on the K member. I will try to remove the trans and engine with the upper portion of the K member still bolted in ( I don't think I can reach it anyhow. However it looks like I will have to remove the rear shift fork so it clears the upper part of the K member.