The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Pulling engine & trans in '64 c10

Thanks to all the help on this forum, last fall I was able to figure ouy that the flexplate in my transmission needs to be flipped. I have a 283 with a TH350. Now that it is finally getting warmer and spring-like I can tackle this project. I want to get bout the engine and tramsmission out at this time. Correst me if I am wrong but the engine and transmission come out together, right? What is required to take the trans off, them the flexplate? Thanks for answering my rookie questions.

i don't mess with automatics much but i have pulled several. i would do them seperatly. pull the engine first. unbolt the engine from the trans on the outside, take the pan off the bottom and unbolt the flexplate frome torque converter. you'll have to turn engine to take one bolt at a time. take engine out as normal then trans. if you leave the converter in the trans you won't crack it. you could do it together prob but a lot heavier and a heck of a angle. i have had trans hang up on crosmembers. good luck. usually you mark it to make sure it goes back the same but if you are changing the plate i guess not. hr

oh i forgot it was on a c10 you will prob have room. you could always take front sheetmetal off too.

You do not need to pull both. You only need to remove one or the other. I would pull the transmission. The flexplate can then be removed from the engine.

A friend of mine decided to pull the tranny out with the engine. When it was out of the truck. the tranny bumped the windshield. You know the rest of the story.

I remove components like the fuel pump and carb too just so it doesn't interfere with the chains or load leveler and break something. It's probably coming apart anyway isn't it?

Go take a look at how many bolts hold the front end off the truck. My dad has an 80s chev truck and when he pulled parts he said it took no time at all to pull the front end off and remove engine and tranny as one. Then again he has the sm 465 which weighs a heck of a lot more then an auto...

Last time I had to hook up an auto while under the truck I woulda made a sailor blush with all my colorful sayings...

I'm with lucforce; Drop the driveline first, then unbolt the tranny. You can rent a tranny jack at any good rental place, well worth the $$.

How is working under the truck going to make much difference when the front end is off? I would think removing the front end is still a lot more work than unbolting the tranny from the engine.

If you are working on the engine, pull the engine. If you are working on the tranny, Pull the tranny. You'll save time over removing both and/or the front end.

i would drop the tranny first, then pop the hood out.. you probably just need to pull the hood off.

Pull the engine alone, if you are using a shop crane you don't even have to pull the hood. Or if you like lying on your back, slide the trans back using 2 long bolts in the bellhousing, & remove the flywheel w/o pulling anything out. Brian

If you can rent a trans jack just pull the auto...doc