[Tommy]

I'm trying to remove the transmission from a car I didn't build by doing what seems right. It has a Richmond 5 speed mounted to a Lakewood scattershield to a Centerforce clutch and a 351 W engine. It has a hydraulic TOB, perhaps a Tilton model 600.

I got as far as sliding the transmission back and it moved aft only about an inch. I expected the transmission shaft to slide out of the clutch assembly, but it seems to be caught up on something. A closer inspection makes it appear that the TOB, which is plumbed to a hydraulic line through an opening in the scattershield, is bolted to the transmission. If that is the case, then it appears I will have to remove the transmissioin and scattershield as a unit, rather than remove the transmission alone.

Does anyone out there have experience with a hydraulic TOB such as I described? Is it common in such a case to have to remove the scattershield with the transmission? Any help would be greatly appreciated.