Removal and Installation

Fig. 2 Gear Shift Assembly:

Fig. 3 Rear Engine Crossmember Assembly:

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Remove shift control lever as follows:
a. Remove console box, then console box bracket.
b. Push gear shift control case cover down with fingers, then turn it clockwise, and remove shift control lever, Fig. 2.
c. Remove shift control lever following the same procedure.
3. Remove transfer case shift control knob.
4. Remove breather hose from attaching clamp at the rear of the engine cylinder head.
5. Remove wiring harness clamp from the rear of intake manifold, then disconnect wiring harness connector.
6. Remove starter, then engine to transmission retaining bolts.
7. Drain oil from transmission and transfer case if front propeller shaft is to be removed or transmission serviced.
8. Remove flange bolts from rear propeller shaft universal joint, then pull out rear propeller shaft.
9. Remove flange bolts from front propeller shaft universal joint, then remove front propeller shaft.
10. Remove clutch cable from clutch cable mechanism, then clutch housing lower plate.
11. Remove center exhaust pipe assembly, then remove speedometer cable from transfer case.
12. Place a suitable transmission jack under the transmission, then remove rear engine crossmember, Fig. 3.
13. Remove transmission/ transfer case assembly. Then remove transmission wiring harness and breather hose if necessary.
14. Reverse procedure to install. Tighten universal joint flange bolts to specifications. Tighten transmission to engine attaching bolts to specifications.