Last night I took out the transmission. It took about 2 hours. I did this by myself and if I had to do it again, I would get some help. It wasn't hard to get out, just awkard. The reason being is I have the rear of the car on jack stands and couldn't get the car up high enough for the trans to clear the frame. I had to place a piece of thick cardboard on the ground, then slide the floor jack on the cardboard and under the transmission. I then removed the 4 trans bolts and eased it down with the floorjack. I tilted the trans off the floor jack and pulled out the floor jack and laid the trans on the cardboard. Then I just slid the cardboard out from under the car. Whew! Ed, The parts I mentioned were the harder parts to get to. The water hoses are easy to remove and I left the exhaust attached. I was real careful with the air conditioner because I'll be using on the new engine so I just removed the 4 bolts holding it on and tied it up to the frame in tact. There are only 2 fuel lines that have to be removed from the fuel distributior and two small bolts holding on the throttle linkage. As far as the battery goes, I removed the starter and the wires going to it. Sorry I didn't go into detail but I'm saving that for the webpage. Thanks, Duke > > I guess it would be fairly simple if that's all there was to it. What > about the water hoses, the exhaust system, the air conditioner lines > (no small tasks these days if you do it according to law), the fuel > lines and related emission lines, the throttle linkage, battery > connections, and a multitude of other electrical connections that don't > go to "panel" connectors? Just to mention a few that you overlooked. > I suppose it would go quicker if you just simply cut all the above > mentioned connections with a torch like they do in a salvage yard when > they are removing a motor. But then if you cut the air conditioner lines > you might be facing a stiff fine and jail term for purposely allowing > R-12 freon to escape into the atmosphere. Properly and lawfully > discharging an air conditioner system is somewhat time consuming in > itself. > > Ed Thompson (#6419 since 1982) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Easily schedule meetings and events using the group calendar! > -- http://www.egroups.com/cal?listname=dmcnews&m=1 > >