Drain the radiator???

I replaced my 86 truck`s trans and did not drain anything but then again i didn`t have the manual hard part was the top bolts so i just lowered the back of the trans about a foot to get to the top bolts

PCK wrote: I replaced my 86 truck`s trans and did not drain anything but then again i didn`t have the manual hard part was the top bolts so i just lowered the back of the trans about a foot to get to the top bolts.

Ditto with my '87 4x4 clutch. Then again, draining the coolant is not too big a deal... Tom

"Jerry27" wrote: > I'm pulling out the tranny on my '85 Extra Cab w/5speed manual > to replace > the clutch. > At about step 3 in my manual, it says that I should drain the > coolant from > the engine. > My question is "Why?" As far as I can tell, I'm not gonna be > going into > anywhere where I should run into coolant, am I? > This is my first time doing a clutch job on a Toyota pickup so > I could be > wrong but I can't see why I should drain the engine coolant. > Anyone got any ideas to straighten me out??? > TIA > Jerry

Never pulled a tranny in that model to say for sure but maybe some of the bolts you need to remove thread into water jacket. Better to be safe than sorry here.