• Tools required. 
• Ratchet.
• Deep socket 17mm (hex), a normal socket 10, 12, 14, 17, all in mm 
• Socket extension.
• 10 mm box wrench. 
• A breaker bar. 
• Large flat head screw driver.
• A transmission jack or 3-4 Jackscrews.*
• Drain pan.
• Rags

1. [edit] Remove the hub cap and bolt the wheel back in.
2. Punch out the spindle nut lock and loosen the spindle nut.
3. Raise and support the vehicle and block the rear tires.
4. [edit] Remove the wheel.
5. Drain the transmission.
6. Remove the all the damper fork nuts and all the brake hose nuts on the damper fork and on the shock absorber.
7. Remove the damper fork.
8.  Remove the driver side and passenger side front suspension flange nut inside the engine bay and slide the upper arm out.
9.  Continuing from main page >>  Turn the steering wheel all the way to the passenger side and remove the passenger drive shaft spline from the hub.
10. Separate the inner driveshaft from the transmission with a large screw driver (or crow bar).
11. Remove the passenger side drive shaft. Do not pull.
12. Remove the front radius rod.

Under the car.

1. Remove the center beam.
2. Remove the torque converter cover, the control cable holder and remove shift control cable.
3. Remove the drive plate bolts and four transmission housing bolts.

Inside the engine bay.

1. Place a transmission jack or several small jacks under the transmission.
2. Disconnect all the electrical connectors.
3. Remove the speed sensor gear shaft but leave the hoses on.
4. Remove the distributor and mark the distributor shaft with a razor or a diamond etcher, usually on the head side or both. 
5. Remove the throttle control lever cable.
6. Remove the transmission cooler hoses mounting bolts and their 4 washers.
7. Remove the starter.
8. Remove the all the transmission housing bolts.
9. If the transmission won't come out remove a horizontal side engine mounting bolt and raise oil pan (with a wooden block between the oil pan and jack) until the transmission clears.
10. Lower the transmission into the transmission jack.
11. With the driver side front suspension flange out of the way, turn the steering towards the right then remove the driver side inner drive shaft with a large flathead screw driver.
12. Lower the low profile transmission jack and slide the transmission and the jack from under the car. Don't loose the two dowel pins.
13. Block all transmission fluid ports from leakage and dust and dirt.
14. If repairs are being done repair the transmission in a dust, sand free environment. 
       

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