Removing and Installing Transmission

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

I pulled my tranny by myself 15 minutes ago.
Put a floor jack under the oil pan, another in the middle of the trans.

Removed the lower mount completely.
Removed the single bolt from the driver's side mount...left the mount on the
trans
removed all of the trans to engine bolts
Removed the front mount completely.

Carefully lowered both jacks a little at a time, until the 5th gear housing
cleared the body.

Jockeyed the trans away from the motor (about 3/4")
Lowered the motor a bit more and the trans, too, keeping them as aligned as
possible.

Pulled the trans away from the motor until the input shaft cleared the
flywheel.
Opened the valve on the jack supporting the trans so it would lower slowly,
rolling the jack and pulling the trans away from the motor.

Jacked the motor up to its normal level
Installed twin 2x4's and chain to support motor so I can drop the pan, etc.

That's the way I do it.

Jim



>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of Don Walter
>Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:20 PM
>To: Scirocco List
>Subject: Removing and Installing Transmission
>
>
>Okay so I had the opportunity to take and re-install the transmission 3
>times and each time I got hung up by the drivers side, left,
>transmission/motor mount. This is the one that bolts to the top side of the
>tail end of the tranny. Upon removal it doesn't allow enough clearance to
>pull the tranny off the engine. So each time I ended up removing
>the pain in
>the arse bolts on top to let it back out. How has anyone else dealt with
>this? The bently is not very clear about this part of the instructions.
>
>--
>Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
>1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
>http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
>1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
>1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
>1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
>1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
>1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
>1969 Beetle (sold)