7afe engine/transmission drop . . HELP!!!!! PLEASE Options

[celicasupra96]

Ok . . . im trying to pull my engine and tranny for a major overhaul and i got stuck i need help bad!!! i got everything detached from the engine (wires, cables, hoses, ect) but when i started to lift the engine it seems like theres not enough room to clear the flywheel from the transmission housing. ive tried to move it every which way to shimmy it out with no success. So after this i decided i would try to drop the tranny since i have to do some work on it anyways, so im in the process of that right now but i ran into 2 problems, the 2 cables on the back of the transmission wont come off and i cant get the axels to release from the tranny. If any body out there knows the trick to dropping a tranny and pulling an engine on a 7afe PLEASE!!!! help me this is driving me crazy!!!!!

[playr158]

you can remove it at an angle



getting the axles out is a pita, just get a pry bar or axle puller in there and do your best.

[celicasupra96]

should i pull the engine and tranny in one piece or would it be better to drop the tranny and lift the engine?

[celicasupra96]

also do the shift cables pop off of there clamps? or is there some trick to it?

[playr158]

i just pulled it in one piece as shown. i don't remember how the shift linkage comes off