Transmisson Change

[guss]

Hey all, i've just blown the Tranny yesterday and i have picked up a second handie, i just wanna know if anyone has R&R one before and if so how diffiicult was it, do i need to drop the motor ??

[bendez]

Well its alot easier to take the tranny off and on with the engine out. but its alot more involved. i had to snaped torque converter bolts so i had to take the transmision out, it was started last friday. i took the engine and everything out. its easy enough doing that. getting the bloody thing in was the trouble, with three guys it took nearly 2 hours jut to get the engine back in its mounts. if i was u i would leave the engine in. just losen the engine mount bolts this will tip the engine back a bit give u more room to work with. its guna be tricky not much room but i would give that a shot first. good luck mate.

[smokey_dj]

if your in melb and dont want to do it my mechanic will install it for $75

[lazza44]

If you have a hoist then its not that hard otherwise its a mission.... You dont need to take the engine out.

[PaRaDoX]

if your in melb and dont want to do it my mechanic will install it for $75

bahaha damn hes cheap, he'll be rebuilding my transmission so when i put 200kw through it, it wont go OH SHIT...BANG!

[Matt_vp]

I pulled my old one out and put anther one in. Wasn't that hard, i just put the front of the car on car stand undid everything and then sat the auto on a trolly jackand worked the box out and down. put the new one on trolly jack and fitted it back into place. it took me a full day of drinkin and screwin around but its not that hard. its just fiddlerly, the biggest trouble i had was getting the oil lines coming out of the box off. i end up cutting them and taking them off when the box was out then joining them with the rubber piping that is up the front.
Have fun
Matt

[immortality]

onethingto watch for is when you drop the transmission mount and engine leans back the TB can hit the firewall. one solution is to put a piece wood between the sump and the subframe/kframe. you should be able to do it without removing the entire engine/tranny from the vehicle