Separate the T98A-10 from the 304 motor

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pplaut

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I have the motor and the transmission (The binder book goes over the procedure for the transmission still in the car.) Hanging from my engine hoist in my shop. I can separate the transmission about 1-2 inches from the block and can get no further. I have every bolt I can find loosened. I can't get them apart. What am I missing? A good tug?
Thanks
~P.
 
If your engine is currently hanging and the trans is unsupported with nothing aligning it to the bell housing, you're likely hung up on the input shaft in the pressure plate. Easiest way is to remove the trans from the bell housing with the engine set on something (or in the frame) and support the trans with something like a motorcycle jack and slide it straight out. If you don't go straight enough and the weight is unsupported on the clutch you can actually ruin the pressure plate. If that's the case, you're likely looking at a new clutch.
 
Gunfighter-
As usual thanks a million. I was being to tender. :)
I finally wiggled it loose. Got the thing off.. All is good.
I purchased the 304 engine seal kit from IHParts America. I hired a young whipper snapper enrolled in the local tech college to help me out so I can saw we are going through the engine and going to do what we can to reduce the oil leaks.. :D I know they will come back. But, if I could just see the thing like it was for one day the way it came off the assembly line - would do my eyeballs and heart good to see.
 
Good stuff! Not sure if you're aware, just a heads up, if you do the head gaskets with the new composite ones, they are much thicker than the oem steel shim material. If you change em out, you should have the block decked to compensate for that dimensional change. Otherwise your compression ratio will lower, lower than it already is.
 
As a side note, can I increase the performance a little bit by shaving off a little more? Thanks!
~P.
 
Not a substantial amount of increase. Using it as is would drop you roughly 0.3 into the high 7:1 range. If you want it unchanged, have 0.025 taken off. It will run the other way, keep in mind where you see the performance drop is when the engine is working hard, normal driving is more or less unchanged.
 
IIRC I took .032 off the deck and shaved the heads .010 on the 345 in my Scout. It runs fine in regular gas.
 
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