You can take the trans and final drive out and leave the engine in.  I am
still not sure if you can leave the final drive in and take the tranny
out.  I just put my AT/final drive back in, and it weighed about 165
lbs.  So you will not need a 4 ton jack for that.  You could probably do it
without a floor jack, but having a jack that rolls makes it a lot
easier.  Its really not too hard to remove it.  Takes some time, but I
didn't find any really tough spots in the process.

Edward

At 08:00 PM 7/14/2003, you wrote:
>do you have to remove engine with the trans, is that the best way to remove
>the trans?
>
>do you need to get a hydraulic floor jack... how strong should it be? 4
>tons? ... ???
>
>I've never done this...