days 3 & 4

let's see we got the starter out, the grounds off of the clutch bellhousing, the power steering pump removed (needed a rebuild) the CVs removed (needed a regreasing so went ahead and took them all the way out). Working on getting the two top bellhousing bolts out. One is stuck pretty good.

 

day 5

got that other clutch bellhousing bolt off. I was able to get the wrench on it and get under the car and then wrap my left hand around the left side of the bellhousing and my right hand around the right hand and then do a pull-up on the wrench. That finally got it off. Had to do something similar with one of the allen bolts on the tranny bellhousing.

Getting the coupler for the central tube driveshaft to the tranny input shaft to slide far enough towards the tranny was a pain. Make sure it is all the way off before you start to lower the tranny or take any of the tranny bellhousing bolts off.

So now we have the slave cylinder off, all but one of the bellhousing bolts off, and the tranny out. Time to slide that bellhousing aft and then get to the clutch!

 

Day .... 7ish? 8? day enough.

Uninstalled the shifter and the forward exhaust hanger bracket from the torque tube, uninstalled the four bolts holding the torque tube onto the clutch bellhousing and slid it back. Still trying to get that driver's side upper bolt off that holds the clutch bellhousing cover thing on.

And oh yeah, is the engine supposed to just wobble all over the place easily?

 

Engine should be supported from below so it doesn't move whatsoever. Then you detach the coupler and mark the splines so it goes back in the exact same way it came out. Otherwise it might be hard to line everything up. That's the way I did it. Essentially the driveshaft and the transaxle help support the motor.

 

Hey man, thank God for base hobby shops. I'm about to start my own clutch job on my 86 951 out at Nellis.

 

There is one hanger immediately in front of the cat and there is one where the front exhaust section (manifold and cat) joins to the rear section.

I just finished my torque tube rebuild today. Took a total of about 40 hrs (spread over 6 weeks) including 9 hours to rebuild the torque tube, replacement of clutch hose and bleeding and replacement of brake fluid.

And, yes, those 6 manifold nuts are a pain to reinstall - socket and ring spanner is about the only way you can do these.

 

use a copper nut on the headers, wont rust. along with antisieze

 

The light at the end of the tunnel....

So the rear main seal is dry! Do I still replace it and risk the new seal leaking?

What is the thing in the 2nd and 3rd pics? Is it leaking oil or is that from the oil pan gasket? The round cap-type thing is sort of loose.

Looks like someone used some sort of white sealant on the OP gasket.

I've been storing the car outside and NS red ants have burrowed out this bumperette and built a nest inside of it. You can't make this stuff up. They did not like Mr. Air Compressor.

 

Make sure you clean those grounds on top of the bellhousing while you are in there!!! Or contact Robby and get his battery negative kit (very nicely made, btw) to replace while its open - you'll be glad you did.

Robbie's contact info: rkc951 AT yahoo.com

 

i guess you are asking about the sensor coming out of the oil pan? its the oil level sensor.

 

no not the oil level sensor...the metal box thing that is rearwards of the oil cooler

 

Thats the balance shaft cover. The round disc at the back is a seal for it (hugely stupid design too, theres no need for it to be done like that). Yes it does have a bit of wiggle to it. Is it leaking oil?

 

Thats the balance shaft cover. The round disc at the back is a seal for it (hugely stupid design too, theres no need for it to be done like that). Yes it does have a bit of wiggle to it. Is it leaking oil?

 

It either creates oil or leaks it.

 

Make sure you clean those grounds on top of the bellhousing while you are in there!!! Or contact Robby and get his battery negative kit (very nicely made, btw) to replace while its open - you'll be glad you did.

+ 1 on that