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| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 | Ouch! thats alot of metal in the pan! Good luck gettin her pulled! Sure is buddy!! big shinny slivers too Its out took longer to un hook all the crap than to actually get it out But its out,trans jack worked really well 79 B-200
| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 | Thanx Man ! very informative 79 B-200
| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | Invest in a set of jack stands please. Even cheap harbor freight ones are safer than the cinder blocks you are using.
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| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 | Egads that's a lot of metal in that pan! No frickin' wonder it's blown.
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.......Wookee LMAO Been usin (new) cinder blocks with pc 1-1/2" plank on top for year joe,they work better on hard dirt than jack stands! got 3 in garage,I us them on wood floor in garage,but not in garage doing this... 79 B-200
| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,825 | Egads that's a lot of metal in that pan! No frickin' wonder it's blown.
It was outa the blue tho man! no warning,stared up went 3 blocks up street and made left to do K turn...went for reverse and it just slipped and in middle of slip (2K rpm or so) it would grab and slip and grab and made 1 hell of a noise!! it would go foward but made a mean growlin noise and slipped an chitt......always changed filter & fulid,the trans fluid was still clean an nice an red.... 79 B-200
| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 868 Likes: 2 old hand | old hand Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 868 Likes: 2 | If you get good at it you can have the tranny out in about an hour or less (about half an hour for my best time with rear wheels on a curb, front jacked up on jack stands in parking lot of my dad's work at the time) Now the fun stuff!
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| | | Re: think tranny took a chitt.... | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 | I'll use my lift and tranny jack. Too old to do the curb stuff anymore. I swore of laying on my back at any cost. I just can't do it anymore.
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