I went and got some grade 8 bolts to replace all my bell housing bolts... yeah, it may be a little uncalled for but I know when this damn thing is in, its in...
BTW, they are just regular bolts, not the ones with the extra little tittie sticking off the end... :LOL:

 

huh? do you mean vehicle speed sensor?


The upper bellhousing bolt was a bitch without the intake, I'm sure it's going to be damn-near impossible with the intake.

 

mine was simple as hell with the intake off.

 

 

well maybe I'm just a ***** then

...or I don't remember well...

 

its the ***** factor forsure

 

I was told a flat gear wrench works well to get the top bolt out without having to pull the intake.

 

I just put some old 15" Chevy rims under the front tires so it wont go anywhere, and have plenty of room under the truck.. From start to finish i can pull the tranny in about 40minutes..

8mm socket for wiring harness on the driver sice
10mm socket for the driver side heat reflector
15mm Deep Impact for the exhaust, Y-pipe
13mm for the nuts on the studs, and starter
15mm for the studs that hold the tranny to the engine, and swing/carrier bearing... i dont know the name for it, its only for the 2piece Driveshafts
21mm for the trans crossmember
small flat head screwdriver for the Eclips- tranny lines
7/16" for the drive shaft.
8mm allen wrench for the TC bolts
1" socket for the Crank to hold it while ya break the TC bolts loose... i bet your goin to loose some skin on your knuckles...

I think thats about it..

Oh yea, a 4wheeler lift jack works great!!! So if ya got a buddy with one.. its very easy!

 

I had one of those last time when I did the engine swap. It didn't work well at all.

 

I have a 20" 3/8 extension that I use along with a 6-8" with a wiggle joint and a deep 15mm and it pops right on out. Pulling the intake is alot of extra work. Pulling the intake is an extra hour worth of work. Doing it the way I described you can have the trans swapped in about 2 hours, piece of cake, but then again I ahve done a few