Jack stand under the engine, two big jack stands under the rear of
bus, 3 ton rolling jack with a jack pad for the gearbox. Unbolt the
necessary hardware, unbolt the front gearbox mount, lower engine and
gearbox until you have clearance, steady engine on jack stand, slide
rolling jack under gearbox to steady it, remove gearbox and lower.

2010/1/9, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com>:
> Hi all.
>
> I'm sure it's been thought of but anyone done it?
>
> I'm thinking:
>
> At deck above center of transmission, (or slightly behind center?)
> drill hole big enough for winch hook, hook it up, take up the weight,
> remove tranny fasteners, pull tranny away from engine, put in 2x4
> pieces, (to keep it away from flywheel etc.)  get back in van, lower
> the tranny on a piece of wood or w.h.y. Jack up rear wheel, jack
> stand, remove wheel, drag tranny out.
>
> Or would this setup not allow input shaft to clear things? (angle
> introduced when pulling tranny back)
>
> Though an R&R in the field would be UNcommon, I carry a nice worm gear
> winch for engine removal. Figured this could be done easily. Besides,
> I'm sure I'm not the only one to work on their back messing around
> trying to line up the transmission while balancing it on a floor jack.
>
> Any pointers or a nay/yah before I drill a hole are welcome!   :)
>
> Neil.
>
> --
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>
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>
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>

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