I might as well keep notes online
Day 1
Disconnect battery
Release tranny dipstick from intake manifold, have to loosen adjacent banjo bolt for access
Release pressure control/Bowden cable
Drop exhaust = remove nuts at turbo (easy), remove nuts at bell housing bracket (easy), remove rubber hangers, pull exhaust, severs at flex joint (sigh)
Day 2
Remove crossmember between guide rod mounts
Drain tranny pan and torque converter = 5 quarts (uh oh, but car rolls with tranny in P so it has to come off)
Detach tranny cooler lines at tranny and cooler line brackets closes to bell housing
Remove flex plate bolts
Remove prop shaft heat shield
Stare at front flex disk, call it a day
Sixto
83 300SD