Date:         Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:34:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
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On 9 Apr 2005 at 12:46, jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote:

> On 4/8/05 22:47, "Shawn Wright" <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA> wrote:
>
> > I have a MT, but otherwise similar. I've pulled the trans alone 3 times, and
> > this past weekend, pulled both together. Aside from the extra time
> > disconnecting stuff, pulling the two together was *way* easier than trans
> > alone, although a spotter is good to have because it is hard to see everything
> > as it is lowered. I dropped the engine partway onto two jackstands on each end
> > of the engine carrier bar, then moved the floorjack to just behind the
> > bellhousing, and dropped the rest of the way onto my floor creeper, then
> > lowered the nose cose down, and it balanced on the creeper just fine. I then
> > separated the two once out from under the van. You need about 22" of clearance
> > minimum - go as high as you can with the van.
>
>
> I have just finally completed my tran only pull.  If you can suspend the
> engine completely disconnect it as if pulling the engine and then drop the
> transmission out.  Bolt up the transmission and use a jack to center it on
> the hanging engine and then mount engine.  I tried it without hanging the
> engine and that is a no go.

When I did the tranny only, I used a bottle jack under the engine so I could
fine tune the height. Hanging it is probably safer, or a combination of both.
Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy