Vacum leak....or maybe a blow off valve that is bieng vented to air without the mass air flow bieng relocated.....have you tried the search? Their has been many post asking the same thing you are now that have been solved
I took apart the knob where the wires plug in to and bent the three contact points up to make contact and cleaned it all up with some steel wool. Seems over time the contact points get worn out and if you just bend them back up it works again...and it only took me three years since i got my msp...
I am also interested int this since tryin some of the other methods have failed to corect mine...2 3 dont blow cold and 4 has completly failed all together fan wont turn on at all
Just re read your post....if you already have the tranny out of the car and are trying to seperate it then their is one small sized bolt maybe 10mm on the side that you remove and take out with a magnet a small spring and ball bearing...and i believe their was another one maybe a 14mm with the...
Just make sure all bolts around tranny to engine are off and seperate its gona seperate quite abit before the shaft comes out from the clutch just make sure your suporting the tranny while this hapens or itl just drop on the floor