Question is related to a 97' Blazer 4wd.

Can the internal transmission wiring harness be replaced without removing the trans? Seems like you can get at all of it from underneath. Only concern that I can see is the main connection to the wiring harness, the large, round grey connection that plugs in at the top of the pan. It looks like you pull it out from the bottom but looks like and can be are not always the same.

I say looks like because it looked like since I got the pan off to change the fluid that I could JUST get it back on OK. After screwing around with it for too long I came inside and searched here for threads about re-installing the pan and see that I really should have loosened the two cross member bolts and jacked the trans up a bit to get that little bit of room you need to re-install.

Going out there now to do that and see if I did any damage to the solenoids or wiring when I was trying to get the pan back on. What a noob mistake!

Live and learn. My hope is that I didn't end up costing myself more going the DIY route than I did taking it to the shop. Certainly learned more this way though.

Thanks in advance for an input.