Date:         Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:26:17 -0500
Reply-To:     David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      LVC: Tools- tranny swap success/ Gearwrenches and Harbor Frieght
              Tranny Jack
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A couple weekends ago I had the pleasure of swapping my tranny out of one
bus and into another...I am still debating on what to do with the whiny
one...

As a side note...the process I think went a bit faster than it has in the
past based on my brother's gearwrenches...I am a firm believer in tools that
simplify..and the right tool for the job...these wrenches worked just
great...and really, you only needed a couple of them anyway due to the
simplicity of the operation...For those that might not know, gearwrenches
have a ratcheting box end...less time in repositioning the wrench. The
clutch slave cylinder came out a lot faster with this tool...Lowes sells a
stubby set of these wrenches that might be helpful in this scenario too...

I have been doing some looking around to pick up a couple sets (metric and
sae) but have yet to find what I want yet...they ARE spendy!

In any case, just thought I would give them a plug...

Also...Harbor Freight had a 850lb tranny jack for 99 bucks that fit the bill
pretty well...will be paying for itself as I redo the messed up tranny and
also have to replace the tranny in my Ford E150...A couple notes
though...this jack is fairly tall...I had the van on jackstandsm but still
had to roll the tranny off the jack to get it out of the van...I guess I
could have put the van higher, but it wasn't really any trouble...on
REINSTALL is where it really earned its place in my garage...it has 2 angle
adjustments that allowed me to slide the tranny in- literally within 1-2
minutes...compare that with the last time I did it with a scissor jack and a
floor jack...what a pain that was!!!

For folks like us that KNOW we are going to be working on our cars, good
tools pay for themselves in just a few projects...

Dave
85 GL "Baby Bus" daily driver
85 "Goldy" tranny donor...soon to have rebuilt or something else...

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Dave - KC9FYM
http://fjazzbass.blogspot.com