OK I've done way too many of these so I'll offer up some suggestions:
- Try to power wash the undercarriage around the trans as much as possible.
- Use a short bungee chord and wrap it around your strut bar and to some point on the front of the motor. This will keep the motor from falling forward when you remove the trans.
- Bring lots of extensions, a few swivel joints and a breaker bar
- remember to mark the drive shaft location so you can properly reinstall it
- use a large socket and short extension to plug the tail shaft seal to keep fluid from leaking out.
- Find an extra pressure plate an have it re-surfaced prior to starting the work. This will prevent any down time while waiting on the machine shop.
- Clutch alignment tool - you should have one, but make sure it fits
- Replace ALL the seals inside the bell housing. There are a few behind the nose cone that the throwout bearing rides on.
- I would buy a few cans of brake parts cleaner and lots of shop towels
- Make sure the trans is in gear before trying to put it back in. This will help you align the input shaft to the clutch.
- Don't let anyone find the beer BEFORE the job is finished ;)
- If I were Titus I would put a swear jar in my shop for just this one day ::Banana::
If all goes well it should take 3-4 hours if not then BR may be spending the night.
