To anyone that has removed a tranny in garage
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1KWIKSIX
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Just removed mine today using a quick jack which raises the front of car 21”.
Also used a proper transmission jack .
Had to tip the transmission off the jack pad after lowering & slide out on the floor after removing drivers front wheel,
with my Hughes deep pan (2” deeper than stock). Luckily the PVC flooring on my garage floor allowed the transmission to be dragged smoothly & easily across the floor.
Needed a 2nd pair of hands to do, but wasn’t bad at all.
Also used a proper transmission jack .
Had to tip the transmission off the jack pad after lowering & slide out on the floor after removing drivers front wheel,
with my Hughes deep pan (2” deeper than stock). Luckily the PVC flooring on my garage floor allowed the transmission to be dragged smoothly & easily across the floor.
Needed a 2nd pair of hands to do, but wasn’t bad at all.
Typically its a fairly miserable 2 hours or so.
Getting it out is pretty easy. getting it back in is a pain. I use a motorcycle jack but its a really cheaply made one and the jack goes a little sideways so I have to make sure its facing in a direction that will help the trans go in instead of hinder it due to the angle.
Basically every time I do it I swear I'm going to buy a lift. one of these days I will.
Getting it out is pretty easy. getting it back in is a pain. I use a motorcycle jack but its a really cheaply made one and the jack goes a little sideways so I have to make sure its facing in a direction that will help the trans go in instead of hinder it due to the angle.
Basically every time I do it I swear I'm going to buy a lift. one of these days I will.
TexasT
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- Sep 10, 2002
Get you a jack like this. It tilts fore and aft as well as side to side. Stabbing a trans with one couldn't be easier.
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Twice. 77 Blazer with turbo 350 and NP-203 transfer case. About 20" off the floor and used a floor jack
with a piece of steel about 10"x10" bolted to the jack plate by myself, ah, to be young again, or at least younger. Had to of course split them and getting them out wasn't too bad.
Going in, chained the trans to the plate and it went in fairly decent but the case, not so much being the shape of it. But
once you got one bolt started you could twist it around to get the others in. Doubt I could do it today without a dedicated jack and a bit of help.
with a piece of steel about 10"x10" bolted to the jack plate by myself, ah, to be young again, or at least younger. Had to of course split them and getting them out wasn't too bad.
Going in, chained the trans to the plate and it went in fairly decent but the case, not so much being the shape of it. But
once you got one bolt started you could twist it around to get the others in. Doubt I could do it today without a dedicated jack and a bit of help.
daily driver
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- Oct 3, 2005
seriously, assume the car is going to rock some and could fall over if on jackstands and so put a row of concrete blocks under the frame rails at the back and under the front crossmember so you will have space to survive that .
1KWIKSIX
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I have one of those, it worked really good.
Now I have access to a lift and went in half on a real transmission lift like the one below with my buddy .
turbofrank
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- Nov 4, 2002
Tranny jack is a must. Have a shallow pan handy to catch trans fluid
