I can't think of a worse Job then dropping the transmission on our cars. I changed out a torq converter over the weekend in my bird. I didn't look forward to it at all. I have a plug for the drive shaft but between the what fluid I lost pulling out the drive shaft, pulling the dipstick, and the Trans slipping off the jack, Looked like a blood bath when I was done. My X-cross over exhaust didn't allow me drop it strait down.
2 1/2 hours to drop the trans 2 1/2 hours to clean up the mess 1 hour trip to store for new nuts and bolts and floor dry 3 hours install to be mostly done. minus distributor.
Could barley move the next day.
I honestly think it would have been easier to pull the whole motor out. I installed the motor and trans together when it went in. I have always hated messing the trans lines and found I absolutely had to remove the fancy stock dipstick tub to drop the trans for enough and I had to remove the top line in order to that.
Do they make a quick disconnect transmission line coupler that would work? Even if they did I doubt it would work for the top line since it snakes around the dipstick.
I had to pull my turbo 400 out about two weeks ago. All of my forward gears just gave out one day with no warning. I figured I could get it done in one evening. LOL I only have one good arm right now so that did not help. (Major rotator cuff surgery) On the positive side I did have a lift and transmission jack. I went to pull my crossmember. It would not come out. It was to tight to the floor. I had to loosen my sub-frame. But, to do that I had to unbolt my sub-frame connectors. Removed the crossmember. Lowered Transmission down about an inch, oil pan made contact with sub-frame right away. Unbolt one motor mount and loosen the other one. Unbolt transmission bolts, lines, linkage, speedometer, vacuum line, and pull out dip stick tube. Drain fluid as to not get a bath like mentioned above. Change over speedo gears. Install new/old transmission. Go to take pan off to change out filter and gasket. All bolts were seized. Heat all bolts to red hot and remove 9 out of the 13. Four of them broke. Drill, tap, heli coil the remaining four. Put new filter, gasket, and fluid in. 15 hours later I'm done.
I had to pull my turbo 400 out about two weeks ago. All of my forward gears just gave out one day with no warning. I figured I could get it done in one evening. LOL I only have one good arm right now so that did not help. (Major rotator cuff surgery) On the positive side I did have a lift and transmission jack. I went to pull my crossmember. It would not come out. It was to tight to the floor. I had to loosen my sub-frame. But, to do that I had to unbolt my sub-frame connectors. Removed the crossmember. Lowered Transmission down about an inch, oil pan made contact with sub-frame right away. Unbolt one motor mount and loosen the other one. Unbolt transmission bolts, lines, linkage, speedometer, vacuum line, and pull out dip stick tube. Drain fluid as to not get a bath like mentioned above. Change over speedo gears. Install new/old transmission. Go to take pan off to change out filter and gasket. All bolts were seized. Heat all bolts to red hot and remove 9 out of the 13. Four of them broke. Drill, tap, heli coil the remaining four. Put new filter, gasket, and fluid in. 15 hours later I'm done.
