Transmission jack prices
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Instructor
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From: Long Island New York
Transmission jack prices
I am about to remove the 4 speed borg warner tranny in my 75 vette, can anyone recommend a good tranny jack? and for how much and who sells it? I hope this will only be a one time event.. thanks 
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From: Forked River NJ
You really don't need one. They are not that heavy. I had my Muncie in/out many times without one. If you do want one though.
Do you have the car on a lift or on jackstands. When I got my lift I bought a tall one for auto transmissions. I bought it from Greg Smith equipment in Deleware. I think I paid about 80 or 90. I got it in a package deal. I think he also has some low rise ones also. Check out his website. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Tr...Jacks-s/27.htm
Do you have the car on a lift or on jackstands. When I got my lift I bought a tall one for auto transmissions. I bought it from Greg Smith equipment in Deleware. I think I paid about 80 or 90. I got it in a package deal. I think he also has some low rise ones also. Check out his website. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Tr...Jacks-s/27.htm
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From: Melbourne, Fla. 6 months- New Middletown, Ohio 6 months
About the cheapest I have seen is this one from Harbor freight. It attaches to a floor jack.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152
I have this one that I have used for a few years for auto's to 5 speeds.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152
I have this one that I have used for a few years for auto's to 5 speeds.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
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From: Melbourne, Fla. 6 months- New Middletown, Ohio 6 months
You really don't need one. They are not that heavy. I had my Muncie in/out many times without one. If you do want one though.
Do you have the car on a lift or on jackstands. When I got my lift I bought a tall one for auto transmissions. I bought it from Greg Smith equipment in Deleware. I think I paid about 80 or 90. I got it in a package deal. I think he also has some low rise ones also. Check out his website. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Tr...Jacks-s/27.htm
Do you have the car on a lift or on jackstands. When I got my lift I bought a tall one for auto transmissions. I bought it from Greg Smith equipment in Deleware. I think I paid about 80 or 90. I got it in a package deal. I think he also has some low rise ones also. Check out his website. http://www.gregsmithequipment.com/Tr...Jacks-s/27.htm
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Boy we could have used a trans jack this weekend here. We installed a new clutch in my sons Camaro Z28. Let me tell you that T-56 is one heavy mother when you are not used to hefting one around. We used the floor jack but it is still a lot of work.
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From: Cedar,BC
IMHO a tranny jack on a T-10 might be more trouble than its worth.The T-10 only weighs about 60 pounds,a second pair of hands for a beer or two would be my preference if I couldn't do it myself.
Here's the place I usually have to wrestle a T-10 out of,no way to use any kind of jack on this one!
Here's the place I usually have to wrestle a T-10 out of,no way to use any kind of jack on this one!
Last edited by tfi racing; Apr 8, 2009 at 12:36 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Hinckley OH
About the cheapest I have seen is this one from Harbor freight. It attaches to a floor jack.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152
I have this one that I have used for a few years for auto's to 5 speeds.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152
I have this one that I have used for a few years for auto's to 5 speeds.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
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From: Long Island New York
WOW, thanks for everyone's input. I do not have a lift and I will be by myself, my concern is not too much getting it out, but putting it back in. Once i put the clutch and pressure plate in I want to line the splines up perfectly so i'm not jerking everything around when I try to re-install. Years ago I did the same thing (stronger and more patient then), I'd like to make things easy if possible. I saw the scissor type, the platform looked small, Duke when you used this, it held the tranny ok? (I know it doesn't weigh much, but even at 60 -100lbs, i'd rather not have the thing falling off onto my hand ... LOL)
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From: Whitmore Lake MI
About the cheapest I have seen is this one from Harbor freight. It attaches to a floor jack.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152
I have this one that I have used for a few years for auto's to 5 speeds.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152
I have this one that I have used for a few years for auto's to 5 speeds.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178
Good luck with your decision.
Team Owner
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From: Orange Park Florida
Want the cheeeeeeepest solution??? a 12" piece of 2x6 with a hole in the middle, through which is placed a 3/8' carriage bolt, drill/tap the center of the jack cup with a 3/8-16 tap, screw it down, and call it a day....been using that setup for some 20 years now....
Team Owner
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From: Crossville TN
Jeez... Just buy the cheapest [China-built] floor jack at Auto-Zone, put the plate under the lowest point on the bottom of the case and hold the tail housing while you jack it up or down. What's the problem?
Answer to your question...$20. [and then you have an extra, light-duty floor jack]
Answer to your question...$20. [and then you have an extra, light-duty floor jack]
Melting Slicks
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Thought I was the only one.......
But mine was more high tech. 1' x 2' piece of plywood. Bolt through the center. My jack already had a bolt hole from a removable jack cup.
Then 2 pieces of 2 X 4 screwed into the plywood to hold my ROD upright.
But mine was more high tech. 1' x 2' piece of plywood. Bolt through the center. My jack already had a bolt hole from a removable jack cup.
Then 2 pieces of 2 X 4 screwed into the plywood to hold my ROD upright.
Le Mans Master
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From: Ann Arbor Michigan
Jeez... Just buy the cheapest [China-built] floor jack at Auto-Zone, put the plate under the lowest point on the bottom of the case and hold the tail housing while you jack it up or down. What's the problem?
Answer to your question...$20. [and then you have an extra, light-duty floor jack]
Answer to your question...$20. [and then you have an extra, light-duty floor jack]
Gary
Melting Slicks
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From: Orrtanna Pa.
Last one I did was the th400,......I cheated.
