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Yes...its supported just like that. The problem is...it depends on how proficient you are at removing theengine. If too many things are in the way, and you can't seem to clear the rear inside apron woth the engine components, you may find yourself removing those bolts. If so...don't let thetranny drop too far. If you put that long tail housing is a bind...you will crack it. The best thing to do...is remove the rear ring of sheet metal from the engine...including the plastic funnel, the oil filler cover the black square thing), the cap and wires..and leave the haner bar and muffler on it. Then you can extract the engine right back to the edge of the body sheet metal which lets the manshaft clear the clutch cover by about an inch...then carefully drop the engine. The tranny and all clutch hosing and shafts...stay in place. Ray

raygreenwood wrote:Yes...its supported just like that. The problem is...it depends on how proficient you are at removing theengine. If too many things are in the way, and you can't seem to clear the rear inside apron woth the engine components, you may find yourself removing those bolts. If so...don't let thetranny drop too far. If you put that long tail housing is a bind...you will crack it. The best thing to do...is remove the rear ring of sheet metal from the engine...including the plastic funnel, the oil filler cover the black square thing), the cap and wires..and leave the haner bar and muffler on it. Then you can extract the engine right back to the edge of the body sheet metal which lets the manshaft clear the clutch cover by about an inch...then carefully drop the engine. The tranny and all clutch hosing and shafts...stay in place. Ray

usually when i pull a bus engine i pull everything off the fan side of the engine. Shroad, heaterboxes, muffler, engine tin. I usually jack the bus way up in the air and use an el cheapo tranny jack from Harbor Freight to support the engine, then take the crossbar off. The wheels on the tranny jack make pulling the engine away from the tranny so easy, and you dont bend the studs!

Dang, Dang, so you are saying not to actually take the tranny mount bolts that go to the body out all the way.. So I could have gotten it out without taking them out! Dang! I swear I thought I tried not to but had to in the end....Crud! I hope i havent cracked a nose case somewhere but just have a overflow issue with it!

I always left the van on the ground and just pulled the bumper and front shroud and pulled it straight forward I thought? bill

vwbill wrote:I always left the van on the ground and just pulled the bumper and front shroud and pulled it straight forward I thought? bill

Type 1 buses yes, Type 4 buses, no

Oh yeah, Damn what a reversal of a great design,lol! bill

vwbill wrote:Oh yeah, Damn what a reversal of a great design,lol! bill

I have a friend with a 69 Bus, I curse him every time he takes his rear apron off!

Yeah i loved that apron! I could pull my 1600 in probably 15-20mins! I had too a few times on the side of the highway,lol! bill

Also, bear in mind that the tailcone on the type 004 is not the same as the bus tranny and neither is the bushing and mount. Ray