Date:         Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:06:57 -0400 (EDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joe Clark <jclark@nexus.polaris.net>
Subject:      Re: supporting tranny (was Re: engine rebuild in FL)

Quoth Gerald "This List Is MINE" Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Richard Smith wrote:
> > Put a hydralic jack under the motor. Unbolt the rear motor mount Unbolt 
> > the motor from the trans. wiggle it loose and lower the jack. piece of 
> 
> Don't you have to support the transmission somehow?  The engine is 
> holding its back end up.
> 
I dunno about them there vanagon critters, but you do on a '68-'71.  The 
frame horns from earlier years aren't there.  The manual sez chain it up; 
I just use a bottle jack.  Makes it a hassle to move the car while the 
engine's out, of course.  I always end up having to tweak the 
bell-housing-end's height on reinstall, anyway.

BTW I apologize to Gerry and the list for my rather off-topic 
"Potty-Mouths" rant.  It just seemed to me that wild-eyed free speech 
goes hand in hand with the sort of ruffians that tend to own vw vans -- 
but that's no excuse for trolling.  Sorry.

Joe

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