This is an auto tranny he's working with. I dunno what Vanagon manuals
weigh, but I put my manual 5-speed back in my Rabbit by bench-pressing it
and this auto feels like it weighs a hell of a lot more. Big as I am, I
wouldn't care to put the thing on my chest, especially alone- given the
grease, coolant, tranny fluid and everything else sloshing around... sounds
like it'd be real easy to wind up with a crushed neck and jaw, assuming it
didn't go the other way and rip yer huevos off.

Better a live wimp with a jack than a neutered former he-man without one,
IMHO.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: transmission jacking up tips?

> Craig,
>
> Second person very helpful.  Third is a nice luxury.
>
> I can't believe you cannot find help.  If I were within a couple hundred
> miles of your place, and you were willing to pay me with a burger when
> we were finished, I'd be at your doorstep.  Try asking the list for help
> & see what happens.  Don't let them drink beer till the tranny is IN.
>
> Place tranny on your chest, with your feet toward the front of the van.
> Bench press the tranny up to about the elevation it needs to be, then
> push it into place using both your arms and your knees.  Hold it there
> while you slip a nut onto one of the lower studs.  Done.
>
> Jacks are for wimps.
>
> Karl Wolz