I am having the hardest time reinstalling my R154. How do you guys do it?

1988SupraDreams

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So, I took the transmission out to replace the flywheel bolts because they were too long for some reason, and I go to put the transmission in and it's giving me the HARDEST TIME! I have the pressure plate/clutch inside of the transmission with the t/o and fork still attached. So heres my problem: My car is on a hydraulic shop lift, and I have my tranmission on a transmission lift, and when I go to put the transmission in, I can't get the front of the transmission high enough to even slide it over the flywheel and when I jack it up straight, the shifter retainer gets stuck on the roof of the tranny tunnel. My question is, am I doing something wrong? I can't figure out why this is so hard.. How do you guys do this?
 
ForcedTorque

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Loosen your motor mount bolts, and allow your motor to tilt back to allow you a little more clearance. I 've never done it with the motor in the car tho. I always install the two together as a whole.
 
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I don't know if anyone mentioned this yet, but loosen up the motormounts and jack the front of the motor up and then you should be able to get the tranny on..................;)
 
spipedong

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tl;dr But you should loosen up the motor mounts a little bit and use a jack to push up the front of the engine some; this should give you some more clearance in the rear.
 
staticpat

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Too long didn't read.

I was thinking about your quandry. Have you tried possibly breaking the engine off its mounts and jacking it up for some clearance? I'm not sure but this may work.
 
supra90turbo

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What Boris?
Here's what I was thinking: Loosen the motormounts, and tilt the engine so you can get the transmission on easier ;)
 
aljordan

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WHy loosen he mounts?? No need. Just jack up the front of the motor a few inches. The motor is now tilting foward so jacking up the front a bit should help things out tremedously. Again.. no need to loosen motor mounts. It's not going to move around in the mount anyway when you lift it.
 
staticpat

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Come to think of it aljordan is right. I believe I got enough play out of the engine to just jack it up without taking it off the mounts. The rubber has some flex and it was enough for me.
 
LilRedSupra

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1988SupraDreams said:
So, I took the transmission out to replace the flywheel bolts because they were too long for some reason, and I go to put the transmission in and it's giving me the HARDEST TIME! I have the pressure plate/clutch inside of the transmission with the t/o and fork still attached. So heres my problem: My car is on a hydraulic shop lift, and I have my tranmission on a transmission lift, and when I go to put the transmission in, I can't get the front of the transmission high enough to even slide it over the flywheel and when I jack it up straight, the shifter retainer gets stuck on the roof of the tranny tunnel. My question is, am I doing something wrong? I can't figure out why this is so hard.. How do you guys do this?
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Very carefully! LOL

P.S. I wish I had the luxury of a hydraulic lift when I pulled my tranny!
 
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