Need help re removing and installing v8 auto transmission vt v8

[soquilichi]

Hi looking for help or threads in relation to removing and installing
an auto gearbox to suit vt v8

[soquilichi]

Hello anyone out there savvy with Vt's .....................

[aaronevolution]

Dude you posted 14 minutes ago. People have lives. Be patient.

[soquilichi]

Hahahahaha you rock mate

[soquilichi]

I just thought being the first forum that comes for holdens you guuys would be mad holden fanatics with expert advice

[aaronevolution]

I just thought being the first forum that comes for holdens you guuys would be mad holden fanatics with expert advice

Thats exactly what happens here, but people don't spend their life sitting at a computer waiting for people to post their problems. I'm sure you will get a constructive answer tonight, but it won't be in the first 10 minutes.

[soquilichi]

Hahahah awesome, thanks heaps hey, cant wait to get this thing cracking and certainly need the help of a holden man

[ari666]

I'm sure you will get a constructive answer tonight,

heh .

[aaronevolution]

heh .

Thanks JC

*crawls into cave*

[showbags]

Hmmm, popcorn at the ready.

[ari666]

ok, constuctive post:

undo pan bolts and drain fluid
undo the inspection plate
undo the 3 torque converter bolts and slide the torque converter all the way towards the transmission
undo tailshaft bolts (and center bearing holder) remove tailshaft (remember to put a oil pan under the spline cos a shit tonne of fluid will come out)
undo linkage from the passenger side of the transmission
at some stage you will need to undo the cooler lines, depends on your car, mine needs to be done from the radiator and comes off with the trans.
undo the transmission mount bolts and support the nose of the trans somehow (additional jack, blocks of wood, transmission stand, whatever)
undo the 7 bolts around the housing. 2 on the drivers side, 2 on the passnger, one at the top and one staggered each side down.

with the transmission thoroughly supported rock it up and down side to side until the locating pins on both sides work loose.
then its just a case of lowering it out.

i may have missed a stage or 3, so sue me.

[383 hatch]

I'll give you a tip, let someone who has a hoist do the job for you. These are big, heavy transmissions and not the sort of thing a beginner would want to be doing in their drive way at home with just a trolley jack (assuming you even have a trolley jack...).

[blownmaddermax]

Hey thanks heaps, husband is happy for this help, I will pass it onto him, he been harassing me all day to check his posts. Much appreciated hey

[ari666]

pleasure. good luck