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Subject:Re: pulling engine
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Thu, 3 May 2001 18:32:55 -0500

radish150 wrote:

> Yeah, it's me. I couldn't do it, at least without giving it a try. I decided to pull that engine and do some refreshing of the internals. So, my question, when pulling the engine and separating the
> engine from the AT tranny (no I don't have a bentley), does one pull the torque converter with the engine, or do you unbolt it from a flex plate and leave it in place?
>
> Just looking for a bit of a primer, it's comming out tommarow.
>
> thanks,
> Mark...

The torque converter stays with the trans.  You unbolt it from the engine by accessing 4(?) bolts  thru a hole near the top of the engine slightly left of center as I recall.  You have to turn the
engine slowly until each one lines up with the hole.
Good luck.
  Larry A.