I'm afraid of screwing up the seals when sliding the trans into the TC. So I would rather remove the TC, install it on the trans shaft, wire it to BH and install TC and trans together.

There are only 6 bolts holding the TC to the flex plate. There is a small plate on the bottom rear of the bell housing that has to have one bolt removed and then the plate can hang from the other bolt to access the bolts that hold the TC onto the flex plate.

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