Q: How does the motor separate from the transaxle?

asked by on October 26, 2016

I have the motor ready to pull just didn't want to tear anything up wanted to make sure wasn't anything permanently holding motor to transaxle after I remove the bolts

My car has 131000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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