hey everyone im new to this forum and i got a 95 dodge neon sport w/ manual transmission..... im puttin a srt-4 in with a new manual transmission taking it out of the dodge stratus and i still have the old one in there but i got everything off of it from what the book says and i still cant take the engine out.... it has something holding it from the clutch plate to the flywheel or whatever is in the the transmission.... im not good with manual transmissions.... anybody know what the hell is holding that thing in?

 

you might just have to move it more...the shaft from the crank might be getting cought on the clutch

 

I would have left the tranny on the engine until it was out... Just tilt the passenger side up at an angle, comes out fairly easily. In your spot, I'd keep pulling on the tranny (with help, it weighs about 80 pounds dry) until it's completely free. If you haven't even cracked the seal between the engine and tranny, you've probably missed a bolt or two... like most of us do...

Best of luck!

 

hey i took a huge pry bar and kept on taking it out but it feels like theres something holding it in from the inside...... what all do u have to take off on the inside of the transmission? i have clutch completely off.... theres like 8 or 9 bolts that i took off from the inside holding the 2 plates and theres pop pins on the inside too.... i think the pop pins are some of the problem but i dont know

 

There wasn't anything on the inside (bellhousing) that I had to remove.

 

Take a look around the outside of the case and make sure you have all the bolts loose, there are some fairly hidden ones. Also you need to take the bolts that bolt the flywheel to the clutch off to make it a little easier.

 

yeah i did all of that allready and its starting to come out.... the pop pins are sticking a little bit cuz its been sitting for like 3 yrs and its starting to come out now.... thanks for all your help