You have to pull the OD rearward at least 6 inches or so, to allow the it to
clear
the transmission's output shaft. It might be hard or impossible to do this
without the OD getting blocked by the driveshaft hump in the floorpan,
even if you lift the transmission up as far as you can.
Even if you get the OD off that way, it might be quite hard to re-install
it, since you have to fiddle with splines, etc deep inside it to get everything
to
mesh properly.
But I have never actually tried. If somebody else says "I did it, and it was
worth it",
I would not be in a position to argue with them. :-)
Doug Braun
At 10:27 AM 5/12/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>After failing to rectify the problem with my D-type overdrive (which according
>to the PO was freshly rebuilt, but failed fairly quickly after getting back on
>the road), I've decided to pull it out and send it out for some professional
>help.
>Here's my question:
>
>According to the manual, I need to pull the entire transmission in order to
>remove the O/D unit from the gearbox. Due to the weight and awkard
>positioning of doing that, I'm wondering if it might be possible to remove the
>O/D without having to unbolt the bell housing. Has anyone ever tried this?
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