up,up,and away

What's that shiny silver thing? Aren't those supposed to be covered with grime?

Normaly yes, but I'm trying something different.

Are you talking about the jack or the transmission:)

Looks good.

Been there.

It's especially fun when it falls off jack and tranny fluid pours out the end.

That's if you install with fluid in it.

Spray can caps work great to plug up the end-shaft so that oil doesn't run out while installing the tranny. It's much easier to fill the tranny on the ground rather than installed.

looking good!! Making some serious progress!!

I put this one in dry (haven't bought the special lube yet). I've found you can cut a plastic 12 once soft drink bottle and tie-wrap it on to tail end to keep it from leaking.

Got a good deal on the (almost) all alumiinum floor jack. It was a display model (which the store didn't stock?). The manager decided to sell it to me, but when we tried it out, it wouldn't work. While he messed with it for 1/2 an hour I read the instructions. I told him it was so pretty I'd take it anyway for his BEST price. Paid $129, took it home, removed shipping plug, installed breather plug, purged air, and bingo it worked! The moral is sometimes it pays to read instruction!!!!!!

oh i've had fun with a transmission before try lifting it ontop of your body then sliding it into the back of the motor all on your own. Yes I tried the jack method but it gets in the way a bit.

I about broke my back installing my new clutch and yes i had the fluid leak out next time I'll drain it first i always think i can save time but it ends up taking more time not doing it.

Gav,

Nice Transmission and Jack BTW very clean how mine should look.

Instead it has black finger prints from the oil I spilt and got on my hands.

Which reminds me to degrease it at some stage.