I've not yet pulled the tranny from my own van yet though I have done it
on Beetles many times. I did have a mechanic I relied on for engine and
tranny work, but he has retired. When he would pull the tranny, he
always put a 4X4 across the engine hatch space and wrapped a heavy chain
around the front (transmission end) of the engine for support, and then
pull the tranny. Always seemed to work with no problems. I don't know
how much play up or down he allowed, but it seemed straight forward
enough. My eventually have to put the principle into play.

Regards.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

jimt wrote:

>On 4/8/05 13:36, "Warren Lail" <wlail@OU.EDU> wrote:
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>>Reinstalling the tranny is a breeze if the splines on the input shaft line up
>>with the clutch disk.  If they don't, you will have to
>>turn the engine just a bit (grab a pully, etc, and tug on it) to get them to
>>line up.
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>>Good luck.
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>>Warren Lail
>>88 Westy "Billy Bones"
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>  funny you should say "breeze".  Went out at about 10 and had to clean up a
>major spill first.  Forgot to put a plug back in the old tansmission and it
>made a bit of a mess.  Hung the engine and got the transmission mounted up
>to the van all the lines hooked up and all ready for joining.  Then had to
>lower to a jack and rehang the engine for mounting to the transmission.  Got
>down to where I was fighting that last 3/8 of an inch and then the "breeze"
>came up something fierce  44 to 52 mph winds according to the weather.  Had
>to close up the van and protect everything that needed protecting.  It is
>still a major wind storm out there. Tomorrow it is possible rain or snow
>starting at about noon. Hope to get it done before that hits.
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