[DeTomaso] Engine/ZF pull - instructions & recommendations?

[Brent Stewart]

anyone have pictures of this mod they can share?




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From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: cengles at cox.net
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 10:14:23 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Engine/ZF pull - instructions & recommendations?

In a message dated 11/4/08 8:51:02 AM, cengles at cox.net writes:

> I am not sure exactly how the allen bolts would aid the removal-install 
> process.
> 
The nuts on the stock ZF studs cannot be accessed with a std socket due to 
the ZF mount plate overlapping the access area on at least one on each side. A 
short u-jointed socket or laborious trimming of the steel plate (which I did 
decades ago) are the only ways. And after the nuts are off, you have to crow-bar 
the powertrain sideways enough to slip each casting off the three studs- 
while holding pressure on the transaxle. As I said, for someone working alone, 
simply removing allen bolts and lifting the mounts away beats the foregoing by a 
bunch, with no pinched fingers. YMMV- J DeRyke


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