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    tranny stuck?

    Anybody have a tip for me as to how to get my 5 sp. trans out of my 99 M Coupe, its all unbolted but won't pull out of the clutch, its out enough to work crow bars between the bell housing and block, but no more, I'm thinking of cutting an inspection hole in the bell housing to see whats up?, or spray wd40 in there to free up whatever is stuck?

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    How many bolts did you remove? The crowbar probably should be left for other purposes. Shake the heck out of the trans as you try to pull it off.
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    Maybe it's hung up on locating sleeves, dowels

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    Quote Originally Posted by jclausen View Post
    Maybe it's hung up on locating sleeves, dowels
    nope, way past them, I cut a hole in bell housing and sprayed WD40 up on the input shaft still stuck, managed to unbolt pressure plate through the hole and dropped everything, looks like the disc was locked onto the shaft,

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    Quote Originally Posted by 325bob View Post
    nope, way past them, I cut a hole in bell housing and sprayed WD40 up on the input shaft still stuck, managed to unbolt pressure plate through the hole and dropped everything, looks like the disc was locked onto the shaft,
    update; disc with 130K, 50k axing, is only .0026 thinner than the new one!?, I'm guessing the slipping at WOT was due to glazing, and/or weak spring?

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    WD40 is not a penetrating fluid. The “WD” stands for water displacing. Try a true penetrating fluid like Kano Aerokroil penetrating oil.

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    And wd 40 was desiged and used on the nikey missles and the 40 part of the name is because it was the fortieth version of the formula

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    Quote Originally Posted by jclausen View Post
    And wd 40 was desiged and used on the nikey missles and the 40 part of the name is because it was the fortieth version of the formula
    Well ,despite not having to displace any water, or lube a Nike missile, it seemed to loosen up things, like it has done for me for decades,albeit, Kroil is good stuff.

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