87Beast

I am about to remove my tranny, and work on my car for the next year or so and plan to move in 4 months, now am I able to move my car onto a trailer without the tranny and drive shaft in place or would this lead to some problems? Or is it best to wait 'till after I move? Any ideas would help, thanks.
Seth

Vic'89

You will have to push the car to move it, but other than that there are no problems at all.

Just make sure no wires are hanging too low.

Vic

89 Bob L

There are no potential problems moving the car when the engine/tranny are out.

NoWorries

Just remember to use the parking brake, 'cause Park doesn't have any effect.

88L98

i knew there wasnt something wrong with my car when it rolled off the jackstands. hell i figured if i left it in park before i took the transmission out, it would stay in park

OuTLaW

You're better off removing the drive shaft from the car at this point. Change the u joints while the trans is out and put the clean shaft in the back of the car. This way for sure you won't be dragging it around. It WILL spin so tying it up would be a bigger hassle.

1Patriot

Before you roll it around, insure that the steering wheel(column) is unlocked or you cannot steer after it hits the lock detent.

87Beast

Thanks everyone,
Wasn't sure if the car would fall apart or something w/o the backbone in place. See you all on the road (in a year or two)

reeltime299

I hate to say it but you guys are wrong. The tranny is the rear support for the engine. When you remove the tranny you have to support the rear of the engine w/ a jack or something or it will lean on the fire wall & do damage to the dist. evan w/ the cap removed. Take my word on this I just instaled an ac delco reman trans which was defective so I had to do it twice.

Flame Red

A agree with reeltime. Also the c-brace that supports the differential to tranny will have nothing to support it and so the differential will be want to twist too.

Flame Red

89_FX3_6-spd

Reeltime is right you MUST support the rear of the engine, it can damage the motor mounts too if you don't. Also make index marks on the splines and driveshaft to avoid any vibration problems on reinstallation.

88L98

not if they are solid motor mounts. motor wont go move a damn inch. trust me.

reeltime299

Well who has solid motor mounts?

89_FX3_6-spd

Yeah, I agree who?

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