4 Speed Bellhousing removal

wayneswirld2 · Post by **wayneswirld2** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:24 am

OK y'all, I'm in a bit of a quandary. I need to remove the bell housing from my 1965 Slant 6 motor, but the motor is frozen. I've removed THREE outer bolts that hold the bell housing to the back of the engine but the housing won't budge. Are there possibly TWO more that are hidden, possibly BEHIND the flywheel? If so, I'm kinda screwed I think, since the motor is locked up. Can't get the flywheel to turn to remove the pressure plate bolts so that I can access the flywheel bolts....you see where this is going.

Any ideas?

Wayne
Austin, TX

Jim100 · Post by **Jim100** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:27 am

If I remember there is at least one bolt on the inside. Wow, yeah is there any way to free up the engine? Is the engine done for?

wayneswirld2 · Post by **wayneswirld2** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:44 pm

Motor is done for, not saving anything but oil pan, bell housing, clutch and flywheel.

Jim100 · Post by **Jim100** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:59 pm

I imagine you could go in from the bottom and cut the crank shaft with a torch or angle grinder? Maybe have a hose or fire extinguiser handy. I dont know, break the block apart with a big hammer?
Good luck and have fun.

wayneswirld2 · Post by **wayneswirld2** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:50 pm

Fun? Not likely! I think I will pull the pan this afternoon and see if I can free up the motor...UPDATE: Pulled the pan. Found pistons in cylinders 5 and 6 welded to the cylinder walls. Had to practically remove the crank with the flywheel attached, well HALF remove anyway, to access the bolts.

By the way, there are THREE bolts for the bell housing that are behind the flywheel...for anyone's future reference. Now, onward and upward...time to mount the bell housing on the new engine and get it installed this week.

Wayne

PDQAUTO · Post by **PDQAUTO** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:48 pm

remove tranny and you should be able to reach all bolts

Jim100 · Post by **Jim100** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:36 pm

The bolts are inside the bell for the slant six set up.
Good to hear that you are making progress.

wayneswirld2 · Post by **wayneswirld2** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:47 pm

Thanks Jim. Definately making progress now. Have the bell housing, flywheel, and clutch assembly installed on the new motor. Can't say that I'm impressed at the design though. The engineers didn't think this one out well enough.

All that is left before I can install the motor is to swap oil pans and pick-up tube, and remove the aluminum plug on the new motor where the dipstick tube will go. Not really looking forward to THAT little bit of fun at all, haven't figured out exactly how I'm going to do it yet. It may just need to be tapped out from the inside, I dunno yet.

A couple of pix to whet the appetite....