Quick question about pulling an engine.

[Failure14]

This will be my first time pulling a motor,
a while back i made a post and "arz" replied with
an awsome response that i appreciate a ton but
im a little confused about this part:

"1. disconnect the harness at the ECU push it through the fire wall, lay it on the motor.
2. Unbolt the driveshaft at the carrier bearing (mark it first). Use a bent up hangar to wrap through the u-joint and around the stickshift tower to keep the drive shaft in.
3. Unbolt the clutch slave,
4. Pull the stickshift,
5. Hang the power steering on the fender,
6. Unbolt the exhaust at the cross member,
7. Disconnect all the IC plumbing.
8. Drain and yank the radiator
9. Disconnect the hood struts to get it to open up farther.
10. Disconnect Throttle cable and Cruise Control cables.
11. Pull the motor and trans at the same time."

If someone could elaborate on this a little more i would
appreciate it a ton, i've been looking at the TSRM but its not helping much when it comes to this part.

-Drew

 

[IJ.]

It's just to stop gear oil pissing out all over your engine bay/work area floor as the motor comes out as you need to tilt the trans down so the engine clears the rad support.

An old yoke works well as a dummy plug.

 

[vettedreams2001]

Make a mark across the sleeve yoke that comes out of the transmission and across the intermediate shaft, that way when you put it back in, it is in the correct position for balancing purposes. Like IJ said, you leave the sleeve yoke in to keep oil in the tranny from draining. You tie up the drive shaft that way it stays in place and you don't have to unbolt anything else from the drivetrain or have it just a hanging down on the ground. On the wiring, don't forget the grounds that are connected to body panels, that can be fun to try and find mid-removal.

 

[Failure14]

Oh ok! that makes sense now.

Thanks guys for the responses.

Also, do i have to pop out the stickshift? or can i just leave it in and pull it out when i start to actually pull the motor?

 

[Dirgle]

The previous post are some great advise. I'm not sure if it was covered in your previous thread but GrimJack made an excellent post concerning this topic.

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=423

 

[Failure14]

Oh wow, yea that helps alot.
Thanks for the link.