woodpecker

I am starting my r154 this weekend, I was just wondering, to the guys who did this at home without a hoist, what did you use to lower and raise the tranny while the car is on jack stands..? two jacks? or some other trick. and how high did yall raise the car? it seems like my stands wont go that high and i might have clearence issues...please let me know, thanks.

tavarish

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I raised the car 3 clicks with jackstands, and lowered it onto my chest. Do some benchpressing and it's not really hard to put it back either. You do work up a sweat though.

tmf2004

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I think member RyanV did the swapat home.. Many members have.. GL...

RyanV

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Here's what I'm going to use here in a month when I start some trans swapping..

how cool is this!!
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39152

or this possibly
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=39178

ahhyes300

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I used a motorcycle/atv jack. It worked flawlessly.

TomLee

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how heavy is the tranny anyways?

LEXXIUM

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Do you already have your auto out? If not, thats going to be a little task there, drain your trans fluid itll make it a little lighter.
There is just enough room for you to get your floor jack to support your trany while you unbolt it from the engine,(and pull the trans shaft out of the crank) after you got everything free, you get it down, move the floor jack out of the way and lay the transmission on the floor and get it out of the way.
You'll have to be pretty close to the transm. yourself, so you can ballance it on the fl.jack.
Put it in the same way, you might need a hand to make a job much easier.
Jackstands, extentions for your sockets to get your trany bolts off/on (esp on the top ones)
Basic mechanics too lbox(I used craftsman 140pc)
A lot of people have done this search

RedPhoenix

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honestly... unless you have 2 friends or something, I would invest in a tranny jack or somehow convert a low profile jack to balance a transmission on it. I would never do a tranny swap in my garage without any of those. it is just such a pain in the ***, lol.

SC300_704

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i got all the bolts, clips, driveshaft, etc. off already just need to pull the tranny out. seems to be stuck a little but i'll figure how to get it off eventually, done it once before by myself and that w58 was heavy as hell. putting it back is even more hard unless you have someone helping you lift and guide it through.

Carfreak70

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I had to use a breaker bar to get my Getrag out on a lift...haha.

vinh

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just buy a tranny jack. It's not that expensive, and you don't want to realize you need one when you are already under the car with the tranny on your chest

woodpecker

I actually have that, bought it sometime ago, but it sits so high that there's no way I could slide it under the car with the transmission sitting on top of it. I'll probably just use my floor jack and get my friend to give me a hand to balance it.

DJ420a

Awe cmoooon, Ive laid on my back and put 350's and 400's on my chest and in between my legs and put'er up in their.

The R154 is a baby compared too most.

RyanV

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You need the large size jackstands...not the small or medium sized ones.

You can use a regular floorjack and find the balance point but once the trans tips to either side your f'td.

kez

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harbor freight FTW!