Drivetrain:

07-11-02 - While I was waiting for brake parts I decided to go to my favorite junk yard. It paid off. I found a later production Toyota Corolla GTS (AE86). I looked under the rear and what is it I did see. A sticker saying LSD staring right back at me. So this was the sought after t283 differential with disc brakes and limited slip. Decided to come back early the next day to pull at least the diff.

07-12-02 - Got to the yard early for a long day of wrenching. I pulled the rear end and the bottom suspension arms were a big pain. I had to remove the caliper, disc, brake line, and dust shield bolts in order to rotate the shield around so I could get a good hit with a big hammer. The connection on the body had the frame in the way so that wouldn't have worked. Other than that the rear came out easy. The transmission only had one difficult bolt to get to while it was in the car. Near the top of the transmission under the intake manifold. Luckily I had a second ratchet that was long enough to break it free but not to long to get hung up. I got the transmission to engine extra support brackets and then called it a day.

07-13-02 - 3rd day of junkyard fun. I pulled the flywheel, starter, engine to trans plate and clutch pedal off.

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