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Mar 27, 2003 | 08:27 PM

Darkorical

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transmission changing

I have a 88 pontiac bonneville FWD with a 3800 engine the transmission went out and Im looking for info on how to change it .... can anyone offer info?

Mar 27, 2003 | 10:38 PM

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im pretty sure you must remove both the engine and transmission as an assembly, then seperate them

Mar 27, 2003 | 10:57 PM

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actually you can remove the transaxle without disturbing the engine. Depends on if you need to do any engine work or not if your gonna remove both.

Mar 27, 2003 | 11:11 PM

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that makes sense... the car i saw it done on got a new cam and crank

Mar 30, 2003 | 05:10 PM

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To pull the trans only you'd need an engine cradle--it holds the motor in place while pulling the trans.

Apr 3, 2003 | 09:01 PM

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do it from below

It can be done from below and is much smarter than pulling the engine when you dont have to. Did you find anouther trany yet? How much is it gonna cost you?