Hey once agian the heat and stress has stopped me from finishing my car, I thought i was going to have a break down.. I have all the Trany bolts and engine mount bolts off! Is there a trick to getting the AUTO tranny separated? like having to undo the fly wheel thru this little trap door? or should it separate? i am lost, please any help would be great.. i have the engine crane over the engine now.. just cant get it out

thanks .

 

All I do is lift up the motor, enough so the mounts are disconected. A good sized prybar is needed to seperate the engine and tranny. Make sure you have all 6 bolts gone, and the starter removed.

 

thanks, Ill give it another try

 

wanted to recheck the socket size on the fly wheel... Is it 2 1/8th

 

Yep or 54mm.

 

did you seperate the flexplate from the engine through the trap door?

 

Four really short 14mm bolts.

 

no i didnt. Maybe thats why it wont come out? So i do need to remove those bolts thru the trap door? thanks

 

looks like this is going to be a pain to line back up and put the bolts back in with very little room to the flex plate..

 

had trouble with mine a while ago. If your 100% certain everything is disconnected, take a come-along and connect it to the rear and pull on it slowly till you break the bead, then you should be able to drop it by hand.

 

Engine is now out. Thanks for all the tips, Helps alot. Its been a long time since i have worked with an auto tranny, so its alittle diffrent. But there was a hidden bolt to the right of the starter bolts. , But got it FInely, Btw i did it all myself, not easy, Broke the passenger side engine mount somehow.. god knows, so if anyone has one let me know, please. Also i could use some help wiring up the Mop lines. and a few other things im not sure about, and putting the engine back in, any help would be great. im thinking in the morning or late evening so its not so dang hot.. because i was like working on the car in 90f its a killer. thanks fellow rx7 owners if you are near bellevue and would like to help me get her on the road agian Please give me a call, 253-227-2180

 

its very common for 1 of them to break on a high milage rx-7, ive seen several FC with a broken mount.

i might have a spare one instorage somewheres id have to take a look.

 

Right on, YEah let me know if ya have one. 253-227-2180

at Least no bolts broke!

 

Good you got it apart, I was going to suggest a 1/2 stick of dynomite.

 

haha,. that would be easyer, But there would be more of a mess, I did get it out, and everything switched over, and allmost got everything ready to go back in, (thank you haze rotary for taking my flywheel off.. and being very helpfull with tips,) also all i need now is. a passenger engine mount, and i need to get this Pilot BEaring out, and some intake gaskets and im ready. wohoooooooo

one day at a time!!!