Removing and Installing Transmission

[scirocco25 at gmail.com (Eric Person)]

Don, I just got done doing this.  I angle the engine down fairly far so 
that the trans is pretty low.  I dont have the swaybar installed, so 
maybe that lets it get further down without the header hitting.  No 
front or rear mounts attached.
   Then I get the trans bolted up and put the drivers side mount on 
afterwords and then raise the whole thing into position.  I have started 
putting the bolts on the drivers mount in opposite ways.  The front one 
I insert from the outside like normal, the rear one that is the pain in 
the ass, I insert from the inside.  There is room for this to go in this 
way.  Then you can just jack the trans and engine up and put the bolt 
through the mounting hole easily.  The real PITA I have found is getting 
the passenger drive flange around the end of the block, that is a real 
tight fit VW engineers made.

Eric Person

Jim Ruffi wrote:
> 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)
> 
> 
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