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Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: kemerick on October 17, 2004, 06:07:10 PM

Title: can't remove tranny?
Post by: kemerick on October 17, 2004, 06:07:10 PM
I have a 1971 Pinto motor in my sand rail and I have the tranny completly unbolted from the engine block and the frame yet I can only get the tranny to go backwards (away from the engine) about 3/8 of an inch?

The VW tranny is bolted to an adapter plate which was bolted to the block... now with all the bolts out I can only get a little bit of clearance between the block and tranny.  Just for giggles I made sure the tranny is not in gear as I can turn the wheels... what else am I missing here?

The image below is from before I unbolted everything;

Title: Re: can't remove tranny?
Post by: turbopinto72 on October 20, 2004, 10:14:33 AM
This may be kinda dumb but maybe you'r starter gear is hanging up on the flywheel  ???