I wish I still had the grisly photos of the fools who used cinder blocks think it was O.K. because it worked before....

One young man had his head caught between the final drive and the bottom of the car, his Mother found him there a couple days later when he was getting ripe and plenty of flies....

Once you have it raised up and blocked in place, SHAKE THE CAR to see if your supports are any good .

I'm getting old and so the last time I bench pressed a tranny it wasn't any fun, I have no idea how much a loaded VW Beetle transaxle with brakes on it weighs but it's not light .

As far as damaging when you're mating the tranny to the engine, get two long bolts and cut their heads off, screw into the bell housing, this supports the weight so no damage by side loading occurs .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better