[JM 35 Sedan]

We had the same problem when removing the transmission from a '36 Pheaton after the rear was totally disconnected and rolled back away from the transmission. With everything disconnected from the transmission it would not come back because the rear trans mount/rear trans bearing retainer was interfering with the center area of the X member. If we could have raised the back of the engine high enough, the transmission would have come back far enough to disconnect from the engine, but we could not raise the engine high enough. What we were able to do was remove the safety wire and six bolts holding the rear trans mount to the rear of the transmission. After this was off, the trans came back far enough to disengage, and we raised it up and out of the passenger compartment. After the transmission was rebuilt, we reversed the above procedure to put it back in, and bolt it back in place.