c4sforever

i will be pulling my tranny out soon to fix the overdrive and was wondering if anyone might know of a trick or two to make things easier to get it out of my car.i have an 84 with the 4+3.

bogus

It's rather easy... just lotsa bolts.

You will want a tranny jack to help support the weight.

Do you have the Helms Manual? www.helminc.com - They provide the factory service manuals for GM. It is all but required.

BRICHC4

good idea to put it in third gear, will give you a lot more room when removing and installing the transmission

redwing76

Use 4 ramps.

c4sforever

the last time i put a car on ramps to pull a tranny the car came rolling down on me.that car was a 77 nova with about a mile of ground clearance.think i'll use jack stands instead.

fsr402

If you are doing it on jack stands, get yourself one of these. Tranny Jack You'll be glad you did.

redwing76

You didn't use 4 ramps. The front two face rearward and the back two face frontward the car can't roll anyway.
The object is to get the car as high as possible without a danger of it falling on you.

When you used 2 ramps on the front you didn't block the rear wheels and set the hand brake.

C4Crazy787

Mine in action, http://forums.corvetteforum.com/phot...ndjack-med.JPG

c4sforever

funny thing is i have one that looks just like yours.and it will be getting used.

88421VETTE

same here I was crushed by my 88 last summer. Ramps should be outlawed

BRICHC4

I used the parking brake and put it on cinder blocks, that gave me enough clearance and I felt safe

c4sforever

guess i should refine my question.i was hoping someone new of any safe shortcuts i might use to cut my down time some?i.e. not completely taking out the c-beam,leaving the back half of the exhaust things like that.thanks for any help.