Man Trans Removal

[86isuzu]

Hey all, I couldn't find the answer in a few a searches, so working on my '89 BII. I need to drop the tranny to replace the master and slave cyl. Should I unbolt the transmission from the transfer case, or remove them as one assembly? It would appear that I can disconnect them while not removing the crossmember in the process as well.

Any tips?

 

[racsan]

I dont know much about the B2 but on my ‘93 ranger I dropped the t.c. then the trans, both are awkward enough seperatly, I can’t imagine trying to do both at once. (At least with my setup, having a lift and specialty jacks might be a different story)

 

[Curious Hound]

Much easier and probably safer as separate pieces.

 

[600$04Ranger]

Had a bad experience removing them as a unit. Was my first time and with a poorly built cradle mounted to my floor jack it would have been faster just to separate them first. There are only like 5 or 6 fairly accessible bolts connecting them from what I remember.

 

[Shran]

Do it separately. Much easier to remove the trans crossmember though and let the whole assembly droop down. Two of the bolts holding the t-case on are kinda hard to get to with the crossmember there.

 

[86isuzu]

Awesome. Thanks for the help!

 

[broncc]

I did it both ways. If you don't have a transmission jack, unbolt the tcase first.

 

[86isuzu]

I did it both ways. If you don't have a transmission jack, unbolt the tcase first.

I don't have a tranny jack. I was thinking about picking up one of the cheap harbor freight ones though. If not, I'll attempt to ratchet strap it to my good jack.

 

[North Idaho 5.oh]

Definitely much easier separating the 2. Smarter not harder is what my dad always said!

 

[86isuzu]

Update:
I ended up keeping them connected. It certainly was a bit unwieldly, but with a cheap tranny jack and a floor jack it wasn't terrible.
Managed to move the transmission back just enough to pop the old slave out and reinstall.