must be a strong dude

jerseyjoe wrote:

MustangSteve wrote:

Call Ernest!  He can lift a T5 and hold it in place with one hand and fiddle with bolts with the other.  While I was looking around for my jack to lift it up, he just said.. Here, this way is faster.  In it went!

Thanks, Ernest for the help.  And Sheila, too, for tightening the tranny bolts while I watched.

My T5 now has a T5 in it !

 
Very similar thing happened to me with a toploader...my buddy laid down on his back and maneuvered the trans onto his chest to raise it up..just then his phone rang, he took a phone call first then put the trans in...I really miss him he now lives in Texas...jj

Wow. Cojones.

Last edited by McStang (11/21/2013 8:38 PM)

jerseyjoe wrote:

MustangSteve wrote:

Call Ernest!  He can lift a T5 and hold it in place with one hand and fiddle with bolts with the other.  While I was looking around for my jack to lift it up, he just said.. Here, this way is faster.  In it went!

Thanks, Ernest for the help.  And Sheila, too, for tightening the tranny bolts while I watched.

My T5 now has a T5 in it !

 
Very similar thing happened to me with a toploader...my buddy laid down on his back and maneuvered the trans onto his chest to raise it up..just then his phone rang, he took a phone call first then put the trans in...I really miss him he now lives in Texas...jj

His name wouldn't be Mike, would it?  My mechanic friend does transmissions the exact same way.  The first time I had trouble getting the T5 in my coupe he came over and did the same thing.  I ended up holding the light. 

Needless to say I still use a floor jack.  I've had one slip out on my already and I don't need a cracked sternum.

I remember what a PIA it is with a standard jack pulling the tranny out and putting knew one in.  Il have to come up with something to make it easier.   That car raise would be awesome!  Maybe you could weld something on the top of your engine hoist to lift the transmission up under neith the car when its on the lift.

Steve69

Last edited by Steve69 (11/22/2013 9:57 AM)

Is there another way to do it?  This is how I have always put my tranny's in.  I have had my T-5 in my car numerous times for mock ups and have just lifted it up in there, held it with one hand and started the bolts with the other.

No Lutefisk for this guy!!  We use that stuff to keep the skunks away-that is one of the worst smells in existence!

After waiting for 3 years for my body guy to get my car done, I finally had enough.  That was 6 months ago. I went to pull the car from him and ge BEGGED me not to take it, assured me he would have it back to me by this Thanksgiving.  2 weeks ago, he calls me and tells me he doesn't have the time to finish it!!!!  Fast forward to today, it left my house bound for a Mustang restoration shop here in the Twin Cities.  I will have it back by the end of January!  I literally have every piece I need to put my car back together, I just need the bodywork and paint finished and it's finally happening.  I will be driving it next spring, which around here could be June!!

Steve69 wrote:

I remember what a PIA it is with a standard jack pulling the tranny out and putting knew one in.  Il have to come up with something to make it easier.   That car raise would be awesome!  Maybe you could weld something on the top of your engine hoist to lift the transmission up under neith the car when its on the lift.

Steve69

 STEVE !!!  Excellent idea!    I had not considered that.  I have used the hoist to remove the bed and cab from the pickup, why not make a bracket that will hold the transmission!!!!  If I ever do another one, I will check that out.

One person lifting and stabbing the transmission was normal procedure in our shop. This is how I and others did it. Lay on creeper, have a coworker lay transmission on chest area, roll under vehicle stab
transmission, hold tail shaft with one hand and start bolts with other.
Just something we did regularly. I imagine other shops did it the same way?
Howard