Holding Transmission Up For Towing
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Your best bet will be just to pull out the tranny, It would be the best way and quick and simple. Disconnect tranny and driveshaft, the rear diff will be fine.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
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what I did while my car sat for the winter was to... take a strong metal bar, wedge it between the bellhoushing and the subframe. Push down on the bar, the tranny rises up, then chain the bar to the sub chassis
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From: Frederick MD
Originally Posted by 9Second7' date='Oct 8 2003, 02:41 PM
Your best bet will be just to pull out the tranny, It would be the best way and quick and simple. Disconnect tranny and driveshaft, the rear diff will be fine.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
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From: Frederick MD
Originally Posted by Sinful7' date='Oct 8 2003, 02:45 PM
just lay on the trailer and hold it up. Shouldn't be a problem for you.
aren't there tranny mounts? (never taken my Fd apart that far), if so, they should be sufficient to hold the tranny..
aren't there tranny mounts? (never taken my Fd apart that far), if so, they should be sufficient to hold the tranny..
Yeah there's mounts... But with the engine out, the bellhousing sits on the Engine Subframe and yanks on the clutch line...
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Originally Posted by 9Second7' date='Oct 8 2003, 03:41 PM
Your best bet will be just to pull out the tranny, It would be the best way and quick and simple. Disconnect tranny and driveshaft, the rear diff will be fine.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
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Originally Posted by turbovr6' date='Oct 8 2003, 03:20 PM
[quote name='9Second7' date='Oct 8 2003, 03:41 PM'] Your best bet will be just to pull out the tranny, It would be the best way and quick and simple. Disconnect tranny and driveshaft, the rear diff will be fine.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
It will be easier to put the engine back in too , since you can just drop the engine and tranny back in together.
whoa, Thanks for the correction man, I never knew that, I thought the diff support would of been good enough to get the car painted and back.
Yeah the diff is quite heavy, and considering the bad reputation the stock bushings have, putting un needed stress on them is not a good idea.