How to remove a transmission

**BillBoost37** · 05-19-2015

You'll be fine for a few days. Be gentle to it though. You don't want to load up the tailshaft and break it off.

We'll pretend that it didn't get missed on my car with a good pile of power more than you are likely running. It wasn't noticed until the next trans swap about a month or two later. And yes.. I beat the piss out of it constantly.

**ken2168666** · 05-19-2015

Ok ya it's a stock gt na 3.8 and I won't drive it too hard then

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**BillBoost37** · 05-19-2015

You should be fine.. but .. it's kinda a big piece to have lost.

**ken2168666** · 05-19-2015

Ya my brother said he remembered trippin on something in the garage last night and I think he kicked it somewhere but it's nowhere to be found now...

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**HighOctaneRacing** · 05-19-2015

This thread reminds me of a time when friends and I secretly pulled a transmission from a Buick recently. Owner was dicking around for a long time and the car had to go but he didn't pick it up so we decided to keep the recently rebuilt trans. A few days later Scotty asked about the "hot" transmission and, in that moment in time, I had absolutely no fvcking idea what he was talking about. seriously. I couldn't understand why he was asking me about a transmission. A little while later I finally realized what he was talking about and thats when I realized peoples secrets are safe with me lmao

**Scottydoggs** · 05-19-2015

i didnt know it was a secret lol if its abandoned, its fair game lol

**BillBoost37** · 05-20-2015

I thought Scotty was wondering why you threw away a perfectly good engine the day before he found out?

**HighOctaneRacing** · 05-20-2015

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

I thought Scotty was wondering why you threw away a perfectly good engine the day before he found out?

I had no room otherwise I would've kept it

**3repete** · 04-09-2017

I just completed a trans removal & reinstallation following this process. My car isn't a Grand Prix but it has the L67 driveline and a lot of the steps are the same.
My 2002 Buick Park Avenue Ultra is supposedly set up the same way as a same year Bonneville SSEi.
The one place I really had some trouble was getting the rear bolt to release the trans from the engine. I just couldn't get a socket on that bolt. It may have been me being a klutz, but I like to blame it on the rear exhaust and the power steering pump bracket. On my car the bracket behind the pump is a good sized chunk of aluminum, and it stymied me at every turn.
Fortunately I watched a video made by a professional tech who was removing a trans from a Buick Lesabre. He got the back bolt by stacking two wobble extensions and a wobble 18mm. Then he reached up at a 45 degree angle between the trans and the engine to turn the bolt.
I would have taken that approach but since I also needed to do my oil pan gasket I dropped the pan too. Once my oil pan was down I could see the bolt.
I reinstalled the trans with a rebuilt torque converter and now I have 4th gear lock up. Fingers crossed that it stays that way.

**Ryan97Rut** · 06-09-2017

Not sure if you use the forums any more but I followed everything you did but the trans won't separate from the engine

**Fivefingerdeathpunch** · 06-09-2017

All flex plate bolts are off and the bell housing bolts right?

**Ryan97Rut** · 06-09-2017

Here's all the bolts I took off:
4 bolts from trans to engine
That one backwards bolt
The 4 bolts holding that bracket
The 3 TC bolts on the flywheel
Subframe is already dropped
All the bolts/nuts holding any ground wiring to the trans

**Scottydoggs** · 06-09-2017

either your missing a bolt some where or maybe theres tension with the tranny hanging off the engine? try lifting it up some tap with a hammer and a pry bar to split them.

mine, i just shook the chain from the hoist to engine and they split.

**showtastiik** · 10-20-2018

Hey guys, in the process to attempt to put my rebuilt tranny in tomorrow AM for the first time. Only took a tranny out from the JYard which was cut and pull out by any means necessary ha.... Now I have to take my old one out my car cleanly. BTW, I completely rebuilt the yard tranny......

Big boy tools that I do have is:

Floor jack

4 3ton jack stands

Engine support bar

Tranny jack

All from Harbor Freight

I think all I have left is the b*itch bolt, 4 bolts holding tranny on engine from the (bell housing) (I think), 3 flywheel bolts and bolts on differential cover (bracket)... Will have to check tomorrow on ground wires and starter stuff.

My question is, will I be able to drop the subframe naked without the rack and pinion on by leaving it in the steering area?

And if so, after place tranny jack under before removing what I have left?

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**Scottydoggs** · 10-20-2018

un bolt the rack from the sub frame, let it hang there via the steering shaft. thats it.

**showtastiik** · 10-20-2018

4 subframe bolts left.... Before I drop it, I wanted to see if this will work. The way I hooked this bar up? Any thoughts?

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**Scottydoggs** · 10-20-2018

if your hooked to the pull brackets thats fine.

i used my engine hoist to hold the engine up in place. put my pull brackets back on to use them and holding points.

**BillBoost37** · 10-21-2018

You guys know..I like a 4x4 because I don't own a lifting support. All good in the end.

The bish bolt isn't really a bish if you follow the write up. It's just a matter of having a few longer extensions.

**showtastiik** · 10-26-2018

With the transmission out.. Can I put the subframe back on and take the engine support bar out?

Will the subframe support the engine by itself without the support bar holding the engine up?

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