this morning, my engine is ready to be removed, but i cant get the engine to seperate from the gearbox bell housing, no doubt the dowel pins are siezed but yea, anyone have any tips to getting this bastard off.

Did u get the big Allen key pin out?

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Passenger side of the gearbox there is a plug you need to take out with a 10mm alen key.
Then screw a bolt into the hole behind the plug. And pull the rod out

^^^ WHS, on the left side of the gearbox bell housing there is a large allen head bung screw. Undo that and screw a 10mm (M6) bolt into the end of the pivot pin inside, slide the pin out, then lift the clutch fork up until it disengages with release bearing. THat may be whats stopping the engine coming away. I've seen some one break the bell housing trying to remove the box without doing this, and I've also seen some one destroy the clutch pressure plate.

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Have you removed the clutch fork pivot? (Doh! too slow.. at work... refresh fail! )

Spray the open (block side) or the dowel pin holes with penetratring spray (wd40 etc).
Spray the up the shaft of the two long bottom studs too.

Let it sit for an hour or 2.

P.s mine had seized on the dowels & bottom studs.

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Sounds kinda gay rossco!

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Use screwdrivers to leaver the box away from the dowels carefully. Thats how i did it.

yea i know about the clutch fork pivot shaft, jus the dowel pin bolts that aint budging, taking a break from it atm...too hot.

Are you supporting the gearbox on a jack or something? If not you'll have no chance of getting them separated.

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shes out....after 3 hrs of swearing, half a can of rost off.....shes off. sense of relief....AHAH!!