help now!!!in the process

[89DANGERANGER]

ok i am im the process of dropping my tranny. i have everything un bolted all the linkagees. all nuts and bolts a cables.
my problems are as follows....
i cant figure out how to get the trans fluid dip stick tube out. and i dont think its flexibkle enough to bend. and second...i have everything unbolted but it wont slide back. i have only gotten it about 2 or 3 centimeters so far. it wont really slide back with any ease.
i jus walkd in from the garage to ask.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

The dipstick tube is just pressed in with an oring on the end of it. Do you have the nuts that hold the torque converter to the flex plate off?

 

[89DANGERANGER]

yes i have taken out the nuts inside the plate in the front. the ones that hold the tc in. they are out. and how would i get the dipstick out?

 

[parkrangerjeremy]

the dipstick just pulls right out

 

[Tedybear]

the dipstick just pulls right out

Not trying to be a smart fanny? But if this is an A4LD, with a 2.9 v6? The only way that tube will come out, without a fight? Is if you remove the retaining bolt on the rear of the right cylinder head. I found that one by accident while replacing our cylinder heads a short while ago. Reach down, and it's a tight fit...but once you remove that bolt? You can then twisty flex the tube out of the transmission. Otherwise the whole thing will just bind up on itself.

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[89DANGERANGER]

ok mr. smart fanny. sounds good.
and yes its a 2.9