I have heard that the unit can be disassembled in place in this case, but have never had the pleasure, myself. More than one promising junkyard unit has been left behind for this reason. A plate warns to only engage the unit in third and fourth gears. It can still be a struggle to remove, in the car, if this detail is omitted. An overdrive is sometimes a separate unit that fits into the back of a gearbox, as with this Fairey unit. This is much worse if the whole transmission is out of the car. I have seen a few cases where the overdrive unit was all but impossible to remove from the transmission because of internal pressures that couldn't be released. You can also remove the driveshaft, and accomplish the same thing. This will relieve any torque that remains, and should allow the unit to slide off the transmission output shaft easily. "If you are going to remove the overdrive, it is highly recommended to drive the car and shift it into overdrive and then, with the clutch pedal depressed, disengage the overdrive.
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