Why i couldn't use a transmission jack on my 85 300D trans install...

[ASR13]

The combined height of the transmission and jack was higher than the car's bottom! I couldn't raise it higher than I did, I had the car some 2 feet in the air as it was, any higher would have been unsafe.

The trans was very heavy, say 170 to 200 pounds, and I couldn't lift it into place with my arms. I ended up building a wierd scaffolding to raise it higher and higher into place.

What a disgusting job, slimy grimy fluid all over the place, hot day, muscles all torn and shoulder wanted to come out of its socket when I was done..

[boneheaddoctor]

Thats something most of us without free access to a lift deal with frequently....having the ingenuity to work around it is what sets some people out from the rest of the crowd...

Originally Posted by ASR13

What a disgusting job, slimy grimy fluid all over the place, hot day, muscles all torn and shoulder wanted to come out of its socket when I was done..

Hmmm, sounds like my kind of day. But then, I am told I am off a little.

[Pete Burton]

" I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden..."

[sixto]

BTDT. I set the tranny on leak pan and slid it under the car. Then I rocked it onto a floor jack. Not a tranny jack, mind you but a floor jack. It wasn't so bad. Getting a 603 head with exhaust manifold and turbo out of the engine bay by yourself without a hoist is worse

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL