Need a Transmission Jack
You talking about this thing:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
or this thing:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95640
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
or this thing:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95640
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From: Des Moines, IA
A normal jack should work fine with a good balance and a friend, my old V6 tranny was only 2xx pounds, if not a little less then that. I would assume that the V8 tranny be in the 3xx pounds.
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I bought the HF scissor jack on sale for 50% off $40. The beauty is that you can run it up and down with an impact wrench. The only drawback is that the platform the tranny sits on isn't real stable. Also you do have to jack the car up pretty high.
I did it with a regular floor jack and a few short 2X4 cutoffs.
It is a t-56 so it was very light. Just over 100 pounds (Dry).
Only bad part was getting it lined up to go back in. Takes a lot of patience and that is something I lack.
It is a t-56 so it was very light. Just over 100 pounds (Dry).
Only bad part was getting it lined up to go back in. Takes a lot of patience and that is something I lack.
Originally Posted by berger21
I bought a floor jack from Walmart at less than $15, cut some 3/4" plywood to support the tranny and bolted it to the Jack. No problems.
get yourself some long bolts, cut the heads off and screw them into the block to get the input shaft out of the pilot bearing, use a floor jack to lift it up, remove the studs and lower, that is what ive always done. hope this helps.
