tools for tranny swap?

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I don't know if I'm the right person to ask about the ramps vs. jackstands
thing - my Mom had a friend die because either the ramps failed or his
e-brake did.   I, myself, would _never_ use ramps and I double- and
triple-check the car by firmly nudging it after it's on jackstands.

My $0.01, JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
To: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: tools for tranny swap?


> Unfortunately, I'm still lacking a Bently, though
> since I have to special order all the sockets, I'm
> going to order a Bently at the same time and they'll
> probably come in at the same time. As I have watched
> others and helped replace stuff on my own cars, I'm
> slowly learning that things are a lot easier than they
> seem to be. So far, pretty much everything that I've
> had people help me with (though it hasn't been much
> and nothing major), each time I've been like, "Ohhhh,
> so that's it? Wow, cool." There are 2 other dubbers in
> my area I'm hoping to get ahold of to lend a hand and
> also my housemate has some mechanical knowledge so all
> in all, I should be okay. I'm just lacking in tools.
> At least it's almost always sunny here and the car is
> parked on a flat, level surface. One other thing, can
> I put the car up on ramps or do I need it to be on
> jackstands?
>
> --- Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dude - just follow Bob's (the Bentley) instructions.
> > They'll get you through
> > 90% of it, this list is for the other 10%...  :)
> >
> > Best advise I can give you? Have confidence and be
> > patient.
> >
> > There's a lot of things that are "out of our
> > league", but until you do them,
> > you're never going to learn. Even though I had done
> > some reasonably
> > sophisticated shit on multiple occasions (like
> > rebuilding cylinder heads), I
> > had never actually done a clutch _myself_ until
> > recently... It just sucks
> > when you have to learn on your daily driver and you
> > don't have the luxury to
> > make a mistake or two...
> >
> > oh - and for the speedo cable screw? Vise-grip that
> > shit...
> >
>
>
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