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well hopefully ill have a lift and then it should cut the time in half...like i said ive removed trannies in ford taurus's and the first one took me about 4 hours after that i started being able to do them in 2 hours...ford winstars as well....so that may give me and edge...but thanks for the heads up on telling me you do have to drop the subframe that was my main question....
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contours much more cramped than both of those.  Definitely a nightmare.
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contours arent that bad to work on, try putting a motor in a 99 dodge stratus (2.4L) way harder than any tour maybe ive done too many tranny swaps eh? 2 hrs to replace a clutch in a 2nd gen turbo AWD eagle talon 
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This thread is too helpfull to let die...
Do you really need all of those special tools that the food service guide calls for besides the engine support bar? The only thing I haven't done in that guide is remove the fuel and ps rack lines and remove the cv shafts. As far as I know you only need the spindle nut socket. If there is more, I'm a fast learner
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Originally posted by Tour_Racer00:
This thread is too helpfull to let die...
Do you really need all of those special tools that the food service guide calls for besides the engine support bar? The only thing I haven't done in that guide is remove the fuel and ps rack lines and remove the cv shafts. As far as I know you only need the spindle nut socket. If there is more, I'm a fast learner
Are you pulling the engine or dropping the subframe? If you are pulling the engine the only "special" tool you need is to disconnect the fuel lines. Other than that it's all basic tools and sockets.
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Originally posted by vpogv:
Originally posted by Tour_Racer00:
This thread is too helpfull to let die...
Do you really need all of those special tools that the food service guide calls for besides the engine support bar? The only thing I haven't done in that guide is remove the fuel and ps rack lines and remove the cv shafts. As far as I know you only need the spindle nut socket. If there is more, I'm a fast learner
Are you pulling the engine or dropping the subframe? If you are pulling the engine the only "special" tool you need is to disconnect the fuel lines. Other than that it's all basic tools and sockets.
I should have responded to this last night after I made more progress. I'm dropping the subframe and taking the tranny out the bottom. Is the tool for the fuel line just a simple fuel line disconnect or is it a special tool that you have to get from ford? And why do you even have to disconnect the fuel line?
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I didn't disconnnect the fuel line when I did mine.
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Originally posted by Knip:
I didn't disconnnect the fuel line when I did mine.
If you are pulling it out the top, you MUST remove the fuel lines. Did you drop the sub-frame?
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Originally posted by fastcougar:
Originally posted by Knip:
I didn't disconnnect the fuel line when I did mine.
If you are pulling it out the top, you MUST remove the fuel lines. Did you drop the sub-frame?
I am in the process of dropping the subframe, but I still don't know why i need to disconnect the fuel line
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Originally posted by Tour_Racer00:
I am in the process of dropping the subframe, but I still don't know why i need to disconnect the fuel line
You don't need to disconnect the fuel lines if dropping it from the bottom.
Disconnect the steering shaft from the rack (from inside the car)
Pull the clutch line from the trans.
Make sure you unbolt the A/C condensor from the subframe too.
All of this has stated before but are the less obvious things to disconnect.
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