So I'm trying to change the clutch on my '95 EX/Si. I've got all five transmission bolts from the bell housing. I've got the starter motor. I've got the rear torque mount, the side transmission mount, and the front transmission mount all unbolted. Still it won't budge.

I've tried banging on it, wiggling it, getting a razor sharp screwdriver in between it and the engine. Nothing is working.

I'm doing it alone so I haven't tried crawling underneath to really wiggle it to hell.

Help!

 

Check your bolts again, me and friend of mine spent literally over an hour trying to figure out why we couldn't get his tranny off and finally we realized we missed a bolt, it was in the back somewhere hidden under something and for the life of us we just couldn't seem to see it.

 

Yep, there's one near the starter that's easy to miss.

 

This one?

 

I think that may have been it, to be really honest i can't remember, my friend drove a nail through his foot just before we pulled the tranny breaking up a pallet for a firewood. and then later we got pulled over for speeding, somehow important details like remembering which bolt it was were forgotten.

 

Ok, so, if anyone does a search for a topic like this I hope they take this post seriously.

Check every bolt twice! Even the ones under the car that are a pain to get over to.

I got all the bolts that I listed in my first post, and even most of the ones under the car. I did miss one though.

After we found that one little bolt the entire thing came apart with ease.

Thanks HT!