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I'm in the middle of my auto to manual swap and ran into a few issues. I bolted up the new trans (push style) and realized I couldn't turn the motor over anymore with my 22mm from the crank. I can hear a metal clunk as if the clutch is binding up on a bolt or something, that's the reason I need to take the trans back out! so I spent about 3 hours trying to get the trans off but now I can't! Wtf happened? I separated it from the motor, and there is about a 1.5" gap between the two but I still can't separate. Am I missing something?

The other issue is my motor only has 1 starter bolt hole and the new trans has two bolt holes, not 1 hole and 1 stud.

Did you remove the pin that goes through the clutch fork? Gotta remove that to get the clutch fork loose or the engine and trans will NOT come apart. I man-handled my engine and trans for an hour trying to get the damn thing apart. I was sweating and exhausted by the time I gave up and it turned out to be the stupid clutch fork pin.

its an n/a trans, there is no clutch fork pin.

Then I have no idea lol.

For the starter get a tap set from someone and tap the lower starter hole on the transmission then get a bolt with that thread maybe inch and a half or two inches long.

If this tranny uses a pull type clutch, take the starter off and locate the large allen head screw/plug hiding in the starter area. Remove that guy and thread a 6mm (if I remember right) bolt into the end of the clutch fork pivot pin and wiggle it completely out. I wrestled with mine all evening and the interweb rescued me.

Yeah not that kind of trans. Just a little push style n/a trans. I will give it another go on monday. I just don't wanna hurt my expensive clutch. Like bend one of the "spring finger tab thingies". Thanks so far.

Did you try putting a jack under the transmission to make sure the engine and transmission are aligned? I think there may be another trick I used, too, but I can't remember that long ago.

did you make sure you removed your shift linkage?

yeah the shift linkage is off the trans, that's another problem in itself. (got an sti one but its too short)

And yeah i put a jack on the front of the motor to tilt it, and i also have a tranny jack i'm using. Next step is gonna be the crowbar.

Sometimes the alignment dowel pins get corroded and cause it to hang up. Use a penetrant on those. The engine and trans need to remain aligned during removal or it will be a pain, also use a large screw driver or a medium sized pry bar to seperate block from bellhousing.