I cant get my transmission to drop!

Asked by Christian Jan 19, 2015 at 10:57 PM about the 1996 Ford F-150 XLT SB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Trying to drop my transmission in 96 ford f150 4.9 , 5 speed manual transmission. I have
removed the starter, drained the transmission disconnected the slave cylinder line,
removed the cross member , removed the drive shaft all the bolts in bell housing and
transmission still wont drop! What an I missing please help!

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blue32 answered 9 years ago

have you disconnected the through out bearing from the pressure plate?

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Christian answered 9 years ago

I figured it out, I had one of my floor jacks supporting the tail end of transmission. After a buddy came over he told me to remove the jack From tail end and let it hang . Cause it was applying pressure and not letting the transmission separate . Once I removed the rear jack and only the one jack under bell housing and the transmission slid off . I was able to lower the jack and transmission. Truck is back on road, thanks for response .

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Fullthrottle1488 answered 3 years ago

I'm having the same issue... I have a 1996 Ford f150 4x4..it has 5.0 5 speed I undid everything,bolts on bell housing,slave line,both drive shafts,cross member,both shifters,but I noticed that where the pressure is holding the most is where the set pins or guide pins are so I tried heating them up with a torch a little not for to long to mess anything up tried prying inbetween heads and bell housing this trans is really on there i cant for the death of me get these 2 to separate i had 6 bolts on bell housing and 2 for starter and 2 for dust cover

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