Not the most complicated of jobs I'm told, but I would imagine
something other then the road in front of the house would be a better
place to do the job. I do have a floor jack, and since the road kinda
dips towards the curb, and is gravelly, I might have a problem.
Someone told me I could bench press the thing into place. Am I crazy
for even thinking about trying it in such a situation?
ottertailfamily - 21 Feb 2007 23:45 GMT
Depends on how desperate you are. Can it be done? sure! Is it going to be
fun? No! If you can get it up off the ground some it helps (jackstands), I
don't know about lifting it into place, I for sure am not strong enough to
hold it while somebody else lines it up and inserts a couple bolts..... I
did it in my driveway on an 82 chevy pickup, had the front wheels on ramps
(last gasp of the old tranny) and used a piece of plywood on the floor jack
to balance the jack on to lift it into place (torque converters are heavy!).
Took my time and it worked out well. There isn't much to do under the
"hood" and in fact it may be easier to get the top bolts out - on my truck
I had to lower the rear of the tranny to reach the top two bellhousing bolts
the support the rear of the engine with a jackstand.
tad
> Not the most complicated of jobs I'm told, but I would imagine
> something other then the road in front of the house would be a better
> place to do the job. I do have a floor jack, and since the road kinda
> dips towards the curb, and is gravelly, I might have a problem.
> Someone told me I could bench press the thing into place. Am I crazy
> for even thinking about trying it in such a situation?