

| Subject: | Re: supporting tranny (was Re: engine rebuild in FL) |
| From: | Joe Clark |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Apr 1995 00:06:57 -0400 (EDT) |
Quoth Gerald "This List Is MINE" Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Richard Smith wrote:
> > Put a hydralic jack under the motor. Unbolt the rear motor mount Unbolt
> > the motor from the trans. wiggle it loose and lower the jack. piece of
>
> Don't you have to support the transmission somehow? The engine is
> holding its back end up.
>
I dunno about them there vanagon critters, but you do on a '68-'71. The
frame horns from earlier years aren't there. The manual sez chain it up;
I just use a bottle jack. Makes it a hassle to move the car while the
engine's out, of course. I always end up having to tweak the
bell-housing-end's height on reinstall, anyway.
BTW I apologize to Gerry and the list for my rather off-topic
"Potty-Mouths" rant. It just seemed to me that wild-eyed free speech
goes hand in hand with the sort of ruffians that tend to own vw vans --
but that's no excuse for trolling. Sorry.
Joe
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