I've searched for hours on HT and tried everything I've seen. I still can't get the bitch pin out of the tranny. I've used a torch, lube, and wailed away with a hammer and 8mm punch. I'm in the process of looking for an 8.5mm, since apparently that's what you need. Any other suggestions at all?

 

just keep pounding at it with the 8mm punch. they don't call it bitch pin for nothing

 

heh, that's what i was afraid of. So if I get this thing out, how hard is it to get back in?

 

its a piece of cake to get in the tricky part is getting it out

 

keep pounding it
i noticed that it was easier to take the tranny out with it first
then u have more room and hit stright..
took about 15mins of 3 people smacking it
then it started going out!

 

The tranny is already out of the car, we pulled the engine with the linkage attached.

The hard part is getting it back in there.

 

which side are you hitting it out from???....also ive noticed if that they get but in backwards, they are a real pain in the *** to get out...., but yea just keep pounding at it.

 

Don't think it's possible to get at it from the top side....

 

give it some good strong hits

 

Put the motor back in with the linkage still attached. The last 4 swaps I've done I haven't messed with a single bitch pin and my life has been much less stressful.

 

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yeah it is. just pound the **** out of it with *****

 

Jack up your car higher with a hydrolic jack if you don't already have one. You need some swingin action to get that bitch out. Watch your fingers holding the punch though haha. Good luck

 

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oops was vague....i meant if someone had installed it when the previously pounded side went in first it would be hard to get back out since it it was pounded and expanded it would fit tighter

 

I think that's what happened...

Anyway, I just repositioned the engine and dropped it back in with the linkage attached, just like last time. Thanks!

 

mine eventually came out. but i wonder, does all that whacking affect the shift rod? i forget how it connects inside..

 

The bolts that hold your ac compressor is an exact fit. Use it as a punch. It's ghetto, but works every time.