Really? I did not come across that. If that is the case then my plans may seriously change

 

i do not think you have to drop the ZF-6. the motor should come out.
at lest it did in a 2002 250.

 

Are you going to do the bellowed up pipes, rebuild the turbo and all that other fun stuff?

 

You have the clutch and pressure plate attached to the flywheel and the input shaft from the trany extends into this. It may be possible to get it out without dropping the trany , but to put it back in that way would be really hard.
Some have pulled the motor out with the trany still attached, there was a pic on here I found a couple years ago..

 

Snake,

Could you give me further details as to how you did it? I have no idea where to even start or what bolts to undo, so any help would be great. Also, if it is possible to pull the engine without dropping the tranny as you say you have done do you have any suggestions?

 

Forgot to add this into my post above, I need to edit my sig, I no longer have a stock set up for turbo, I went to a T4 set up with an s467 from Irate Diesel Performance pushed by FFD 250/200% nozzles.

 

If you cant get the answers you looking for try to send Ziggy/ Cory a PM I believe he did it, although I havent seen him on in awhile

 

Thanks I'll keep that in mind. That or I'll just give Clay a call and see if he can get me the instructions or a write up of some kind.

 

i did not pull it myself the only ones i have pulled are autos. i bought the truck and the guy had pulled the motor and the trans was still in it.

 

So it seems like the biggest issue with the trans is simply the realignment of the input shaft when reinstalling the engine.

Am I biting off more than I can chew with this? I feel pretty confident with mechanical stuff, but this seems like a lot of stuff

 

i pulled my first 7.3 in less then 7 hours with a small tool set and a tractor in my back yard.
just look it over good to make sure you have all the line undone.
the turbo needs to come off the front cap and the rest is just fuel water trans.

 

Yea...seems pretty straight forward. The fuel system is going to be replaced so that will make it much easier with the engine out. Im just worried about the trans and lining everything back up

 

there are 2 alignment pins get those in there hole and you are good to go.