Cruiserdrew
On the way there
I wasted the better part of 2 hours trying to get my new tranny back into the truck today. It's a taxing environment and I couldn't get the input shaft through the throw out bearing and through the clutch. When it was clear things wern't going well, I gave up to try later. I was working with a tranny attachment on my floor jack, but that pretty much sucks in that application.
My current plan is to use an engine hoist from above, with the hoist positioned in the door. I did remove the sheet metal part of the tranny hump as well hoping that will give me more room to manuver. I also got some long and appropriately threaded bolts that I cut the heads off to serve as guides for the two lower tranny bolt holes.
Anyone have any words of wisdom for this? Especially getting the shaft in place to go cleanly through the clutch. All of the components are new, so there isn't any dirt or crud holding up the operation. All suggestions are welcome.
My current plan is to use an engine hoist from above, with the hoist positioned in the door. I did remove the sheet metal part of the tranny hump as well hoping that will give me more room to manuver. I also got some long and appropriately threaded bolts that I cut the heads off to serve as guides for the two lower tranny bolt holes.
Anyone have any words of wisdom for this? Especially getting the shaft in place to go cleanly through the clutch. All of the components are new, so there isn't any dirt or crud holding up the operation. All suggestions are welcome.