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Message: [QUOTE="imelmo, post: 584443, member: 110"] After that, I went ahead and drained the oil. While the oil was draining, I unplugged the front abs sensors where they attach at the wheel well. There is one on each side. I then undid the small ground strap that's located on the passenger side between the frame and cab near the front of the passenger side door. It takes an 8mm wrench. Next I undid the white clip on the trans shifter. I used the flathead srewdriver to pry it out slightly and then push the white clip up. After it slides up you can pull it off the stud ball. After that I used the 13mm wrench to undo the two bolts that hold the shifter bracket on. I also used the "push pin puller" :D to remove the shifter cable bracket from a trans wire it was attached to. My truck has a manual transfer case so the next thing I did was take off the two bolts that hold the shifter (the part going into the cab) using a 10mm wrench. I believe an electronic shift transfer case will just need to unplug the shift motor but I'm not sure. If you have gauges, also make sure and remove the egt sensor and trans temp sender wire. There is also an electrical connector on the driver's side between the cab and frame rail near the back of the door. You can see where it comes out of the back and runs toward the rear. Disconnect it. I've looked everything over carefully and am 90% sure I got everything on the bottom that I need to. I will add that the e-brake cable also has to be undone and is a real pita, but mine isn't connected so I didn't have to fool with that. Here's some suggestions for disconnecting the e-brake though: . [/QUOTE]