help! Transmission rebuild or remanufactured?

[84eaglelmz]

Thanks!!! I will and ill keep this post updated and how i make out. I don't know what i would do without this website. After my cars running I'm gonna be sure and donate!!!

[84eaglelmz]

This maybe a very dumb question, but since i was not planning on taking out the tranny, is there a way i can lift the back end of this car up without having it roll off the stands and kill me? 

[DaemonForce]

Wow that looks so....Plain. o.O

I use jackstands at the moment. Right under the axle.

[rohnk]

I'm in the same situation right now. I've been thinking about just placing the front on jack stands and then lifting the rear and putting it on jack stands. All four corners up so I can remove the wheels and work on the brakes and suspension.

It also wouldn't hurt to place a 6x6 or larger parrellel to the frame rails in case it decides to go. Then I'd only be partially squished! 

Whatever you decide, please work safely and don't get the car rocking when you are trying to loosen a stubborn bolt.

[eaglefreek]

You could have some one sit inside and hold the brake while you jack up the rear. However, there is always the smallest chance of it rolling off of the ramps when the rear is on stands.

[84eaglelmz]

Wow that looks so....Plain. o.O

I use jackstands at the moment. Right under the axle.

What is plain?


Ill try to get that car up in the back. if i do not reply you'll know the eagle has landed.... right on me that is

[DaemonForce]

What is plain?

I'm just not used to seeing an Eagle without woodgrain or a bunch of side chrome. It looks naked.

Ill try to get that car up in the back. if i do not reply you'll know the eagle has landed.... right on me that is

I try to find a nice little spot under the axles as close to the wheels as possible so I know the car won't shake or tip. It sits quite high.

[84eaglelmz]

What is plain?

I'm just not used to seeing an Eagle without woodgrain or a bunch of side chrome. It looks naked.

Ill try to get that car up in the back. if i do not reply you'll know the eagle has landed.... right on me that is

I try to find a nice little spot under the axles as close to the wheels as possible so I know the car won't shake or tip. It sits quite high.

I know it looks plain haha. and should i lift up one tire at a time or the whole back?

[maddog]

i've done this about four times myself and i always used jackstands. i should add that the way i did it was a good way to get hurt as i removed and installed them by myself and though it is possible to do it by yourself you should have some one help you as those transmission and transfercases are heavy. as for lifting the rear do both at the same time just put a good rolling floor jack under the pumpkin and start jacking it up.

[BenM]

Jack stands or good blocking under the frame. I've often used the frame extensions in front of the axle, even though they're higher then the rest of the subframe, so that I have lots of room to maneuver under the center of the car.

I've found cinder blocks and 4x6 blocks of wood are nice and sturdy for such things, and I trust it more then some of the spindly cheap jack stands I've seen in discount places.

You want to support the frame because as soon as the transmission drops out that's a couple of hundred pounds off the suspension. You'll also need a jack to help you lower the transmission. I've slid transmissions out from under cars on a piece of plywood after dropping them, they won't slide on the concrete too well.

[carnuck]

There should be a hole at the front of the ramp right where the wheel stops. I added chains and a wheel chock to keep the tire from rolling.

[eaglefreek]

Sorry, but I have to agree with Casper, NO cinder blocks. Also some import jack stands are inferior and have been known to fail.

[eagleman]

I agree with all said about cinder blocks and here is why! Several years ago I had my Javelin sitting on cinder blocks while I was installing a set of hooker headers.I crawled out from under it to get a wrench that I needed and no sooner got out from under the car and down it came. Looked up and thanked the man above several times.Then went in changed my shorts and went to the auto parts store and bought a set or heavy duty jack stands.To this day when I see a car on cinder blocks I get chills and remember that day.One I will never forget!! I lost a close friend who had a car drop on him using cinder blocks.So anyway forget using them and invest in a good heavy duty set of jack stands. May be the best money you ever spent!!! ps By the way loved my hooker headers.

[84eaglelmz]

The car ramps are so old that the part where the wheel sits in is kind of bent so I think it could roll easy backwards, forward it can't but backwards it can. Im gonna bolt a block of wood behind the wheels on the ramps so it will not be able to roll backwards, and go get a heavy duty set of jack stands for the rear, i don't trust my 10 dollar walmart ones for this.

[84eaglelmz]

I found a used tranny for 200 bucks, any year tranny works right?