Diabolical!

The line is attached with a plastic clip. Once you have the transmission unbolted and backed out a few inches, it's easier to get your hands up there to disconnect it. You'll need something small but strong to hook the plastic clip to disconnect it. A paperclip straightened out and bent into a hook at the end should do it if you can't maneuver a small screwdriver in there.

157dB

The clutch will bleed faster the higher you point the front end uphill.
45 degrees is preferred but not mandatory...

moosestang

You can lower the trans quite a bit before you need to disconnect the hydraulic line. Also there are two metal clips that need to be pulled out with a flat blad screw driver. One connects the line to the plastic elbow and the other connects the plastic elbow to the slave line. If you aren't changing the slave, then you don't need to remove the elbow. There is a plastic clip that keeps the metal slave line aligned in the transmission. You'll need to remove that if replacing the slave.

Have a cap ready with some duct tape to keep it from leaking out all the brake fluid. A top off of a Ace hardware hydraulic jack oil bottle or the cap off a royal purple gear oil bottle works like a charm.

Elbow with metal clip

Diabolical!

A picture is worth a thousand words. It's only been a couple of months since the last time I did this, and in my mind, I was 100% sure that clip was plastic. Thanks for clearing it up, moose.

timmbo

Good stuff guys thanks for pics and info.