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On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 19:06, Shad Laws wrote: > > True, I forgot to mention that. It's definately a 2-person job, but one > that I've found that can be completed with a minimum of cursing :-). Maybe > it's just my luck, but it seems like even with 2 people this way always > involved less cursing and frustration... it seems more straightforward. > <shrug> > > > > A big piece of plywood and a pair of hydraulic jacks (one big at the rear > for the engine and one small helper at the front for the tranny nose) is all > I've needed. Basically, you use the helper so you can lower the nose-end in > a civilized way, then lower the rear jack all the way so the piece of > plywood is resting across the whole jack (not just the pad), at which time > you get rid of the helper jack and pull the mess out. > To pull the whole unit, I just use a transmission jack located at the front of the engine and onto the differential housing. As for the tranny mount, I replace the bolts into the frame with studs. Then as the tranny comes back about 2 inches, the mount is clear and you don't need the helper. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org