Alright, I am swapping out my tranny that seized up on me a couple of days ago in a week. So my question is - which is easier?

1. Pulling out the whole engine - taking off the present tranny, and throwin on the new one.

or

2. Dropping the tranny out the bottom with the car jacked up and on stands?? I do not have a lift, so that is not an option. I will have multiple jacks and stands though.

So what do you think? I put everything in the first time myself in a couple of days, so I know how to do it all. Just trying to decide which of the two would be easiest.

peace out
scott

 

2.....just make sure the engine has proper support....you dont wanna have to disconnect and reconnect all that crap associated w/ the engine

 

#2

 

#1 is easier to mate tranny to the block, but it requires a little more work (about 30 min so)

#2 is less work, but i think its harder to get the tranny mated to the block...


honestly, i would say go with #1. you only have another 30 min of work left to pull the entire motor out. basically all that is left is coolant lines, motor mounts and wiring...


all this is IMO.

 

#2 is by far easier. It is pretty easy to get the tranny to mate to the block if you have an extra set of hands. One person jacks it up and the other manuevers it into place. Good Luck

 

I've done this several times, luckily with a lift. It's bot too bad to just pull the tranny, but make sure you support the engine very well. We use a 1" bar going from inner fender to inner fender, kind of like a strut tower brace, with a threaded hook to hold the motor in. At least I suggest using an extra jackstand with a 2x4(or something like that) to make sure it's solid. Also, it souds silly, but make sure you life the car up high enough to get the tranny out. I made that mistake too.

Best of luck

Chris

 

well I just found out that the shop I am doing it at lent the cherry picker out to someone, so I will be just dropping the tranny. I just want to check all the things I need to disconnect.

what would be the best method for the rear mount? disconnect it from the tranny? or disconnect it from the bracket? or completely from the frame?

axles are already out, then there is the sensors, starter, top passenger mount and thats it right?

 

i pulled the rear mount completely out.

don't forget the clutch cable and the reverse light wires. i think that is it.

 

#2 and don't do like me and forget to pull out the speedo cable and end up yanking it out the back of the guage cluster

 

Yeah, drop it out the bottom. At the most it should take you a few hours.
-You don't need to remove the clutch inspection plate (just the M8 and M10 bolts that go into the bottom of the tranny).
-Completely removing the right hand side radius rod makes things alot easier getting it in and out yourself.
-You can also get away with supporting your motor by the oil pan with something like a 2x6 to spread the surface area out. I used my honda tire changin' jack to hold the motor up.
-I just use a floorjack with a 2x4 to lower the tranny out - same going back up and in.

You should <u>easily</u> be able to change the tranny by yourself in a weekend. I spent a few quality hours getting it out one Saturday. Sunday I changed the gearset and FD then put it back in.


[Modified by -TJ, 6:39 PM 2/28/2002]