a little trouble getting the motor out

[MikeyFord3]

i have a95 2.3 ranger

theres one blot on the driver side at the very top of the bell housing i jsut cant get to anyone have any tips or anything on how they did this?

 

[KELLY88]

Lots of extensions and maybe a universal swivel joint.

 

[tbirdsps]

That same bolt on my 92 gave me fits. I unscrewed the inner wheel well liner from the fender and pulled it forward and held it with a bungee. I was able to get a 13mm wrench on the bolt with help of a jack handle and break it loose. I worked 4 hours on that one bolt. I felt like about 400 ft. lbs. torque on that thing.

A major bugger.

 

[MikeyFord3]

yeah i can get a the wrench on just cant get it down its so tight

 

[Bryan22]

I had a similar problem trying to get the tranny out on my 92 3.0. eventually i ended up bending a wrench so I could get it square on the bolt . Still have the wrench for the next time too haha. Custom tools for ranger jobs.

 

[little hoss 86]

gear wrench set from sears warnt. for life about 40 bucks but its worth it for that bolt, there just a reg. box wrench but they rathcet..

 

[Mark_88]

I don't know...I pulled my cab off and then removed the motor...much easier that way...what about dropping the tranny crossmember and removing the motor mounts...should give you a bit of clearance...if nothing else works...

 

[scotts90ranger]

I've done it from the bottom on both a '94 and '90 ranger, got more interesting when a front driveshaft is thrown in the picture...

I think on the '90 the bolt was super tight, I believe I ended up doubling up the wrench with another for some more leverage

 

[ranger 93]

I had the same problem on my 93. I used a long wrench and a small sledge hammer. I moved my egr pipeing and anything else out of the way. I put the wrench on and hit the other end down towards the ground, after a couple of hits , it broke loose. dont know if you are brave enuff to try this,, but it worked for me. Just make sure you use a good quality wrench and not some chepo one so you dont round the bolt head.

 

[Rocky Ranger]

Lots of extensions and maybe a universal swivel joint.

This is how I replaced the clutch on my 95

 

[4b316]

unhook the trans mount and jack it up some,will give you plenty of room

 

[MikeyFord3]

i got it i just put the wrench in there and took two exstensions and jamemd the extension somewheres and used it for levereage and just pushed down on the wrench with the extensions