aledoman

I am doing an engine swap on a 97 romeo 4.6. I got another motor from a 98. Everything is going great but now I'm stuck. The old motor is seized up and I cant figure out how to disconnect the Torque converter since the crank won't turn.

Just call me Sean

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Have you tried turning the motor with a large prybar on the teeth of the flywheel? If it's that seized then that won't work either though. Then you can just leave it on the flywheel and carefully separate the transmission from the engine. Since it just slips into the tranny it will slip out when you separate them but you have to be careful not to damage the tranny pump. You may not have clearance to get the engine out that way so you might have to pull the tranny with the engine and separate them when it's out, or pull the tranny first. Then you can use a wrench to unbolt the torque converter when the engine is out.

FOMOCO466

leave the converter hooked up, I pulled mine from my expedition when mine was locked up, had to pry the nose up over the core support, but if the ballancer was off it would have came out just fine.

Good old Bill

Pull the pan and if its mains seized loosen them, if its rods or piston remove rod caps.

aledoman

Thank you. What I ended up doing, can't pull the pan with the motor still in, I removed the motor mounts from the block, then pulled the torque converter with it. It worked out real well. I did not have the transmission supported well enough but it did not fall.