[911tracker85]

LOL...

well, I had done a clutch job on my 944 turbo. when pulling the bell housing you have to pull the rod for the clutch fork.

so dropped the engine/tranny from my 78 911. removed the bolts and tried to pull the tranny off. WSM and other info just says remove the bolts and pull it off.

so exchanged emails with an experienced 911 guy. asked if I had to pull the fork shift rod out to pull the tranny. nope he replied. so we started to think it was frozen to either the pilot bearing or clutch plate, car had been sitting for a couple years. sprayed lots of penetrating oil in there, still almost no movement. then TALKED to another friend. after a brief description of my dilemma, he said, "sorry to ask a stupid question but you did remove the clutch fork spring?"....

NOPE. removed it and the tranny almost fell into my lap.

when I had a chance to talk to that other friend, he said based on my question about removing the pivot shaft, he presumed I had already removed the spring...

different cars ... different issues.

friends sometime ask me how I learned all that I know about these cars. easy, make a bunch of stupid mistakes and do some things over a few times and you finally figure it out.