Re: Removing Transmission???

Posted by Packard 1948 On 2015/8/20 20:30:12

It cannot be this difficult!!!

I've been working on cars for 32 years and have done lots of MAJOR projectsso I'm not new to cars...just Packards.

Anyhoo I did get the transmission out... had to removerthe governor and overdrive solenoid, remove the steering crosstube (center link), disconnect and move to the side the exhaust pipe, disconnect the column shifter to engine bracket links, even disconnect the temp sender wire so that I could drop the tail end of the engine down to a sufficient angle so I could slide the transmission back far enough so that the input shaft would clear the bell housing... the problem was that if the engine was in its normal position then when I slid the transmission back to remove it the overdrive case would interfere with the chassis cross member (the chassis has an X structure between the side rails and this is the part where the drive shaft exits through) .

I could simply not get the transmission to slide back far enough so that it would clear the bell housing.

The manual does not describe how to remove the transmission.

This cant be right. I have a two post lift and a transmission jack and it was this difficult.

I tried to remove the overdrive housing however it looks like the mechanic who rebuilt it used sealant to seal the overdrive unit to the transmission housing so I could not get that to come off when it was up inside the
tunnel.

I like the idea of using pilot bolts to help guide the transmission home... thanks!!!

Has anybody removed
the transmission with the overdrive attached?

THANKS
!!!