willmasse
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- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Mazda
- Transmission
- Manual
Hey all, new to the forums. I've got a 1996 Mazda B4000 4.0l v6, 4x4(electronic shift), manual trans. Im about to try to tackle my first big automotive job in a few days as I need to replace the Slave Cylinder on my clutch hydraulics(or at least I think thats what's wrong), having to drop the transmission to do it. I was hoping to get some tips here. I've looked through the steps and have a pretty fair idea of what I'm doing, but I'm sure murphys law will come into play some time through the process. I did have a few questions. One was, how difficult is it to remove the drive shafts? I haven't found a clear walkthrough on that, but it doesn't look to be that hard. Also on the autozone repair walkthrough it says to remove the transfer case, but on this website (therangerstation) http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May06/40_clutch_swap.htm it says "Remove transmission/transfer case assembly from vehicle" does this still mean remove the transfer case first, or can I leave it attached to the trans and remove them as one piece?(As if the trans will be heavy enough) Im hoping Autozone will have all the tools I need for the job, the jackstands, transmission jack, and regular floor jack, for tool loan, but if they don't is there any other good place to look for 'em for loaning them out for a day? Thanks for any advice possible!