tranny change, now working a "how to" Options

[lake1069]

i brought down my tranny today b/c my clutch was gone, and synchos are mess up. while i was doin it i took some pics, maybe they can help someone down the road. best advice do it with a buddy i spent maybe 6-7 hours on it today and still not finish, with a buddy im sure it would have been less. this weekend will be the interesting thing, the 3rd gear synchro has to be replaced. it was only 29.99 from the dealer but im not gonna pay 400 for someone to put it in. that is all of what i left to do b4 i can put the tranny back on. ill take some more pic while i work on that too.
first i jacked up the car and took the axel off( 45 minutes)


took everything that was in the way off and pulled down the tranny(1.5 hour)


took the old clutch and flywheel off(20 minutes)


had the flywheel turn and put it back on(40 miles and 20 minutes puttin on.)


new clutch set, putting it on ( 1 hour)



This post has been edited by lake1069: Feb 23, 2006 - 12:30 PM

[presure2]

lake, you need to include ALOT more detail than that.
all the little details that you skipped are all the important ones.
also. the way you dissasembeld your suspension to remove your axels is VERY odd, to say the least.
you do not need to remove the carrier from the strut to get your axles out.
you also do not need to remove your brakes at all.
all you need to do is remove the 2 nuts and 1 bolt from the ball joint and pop it apart, once you have the axle nut off. then you just pop the axle out.
its also best to just get a box of the small ziplock bags and put all your nuts and bolts you remove into labled bags, so that way, you know where everything goes when you go to reinstall them
another good tip is to take a peice of cardboard, draw a circle on it.
when you remove the bolts that connect the tranny to the block, you can push the bolts thru the cardboard in the corresponding spot on the circle so that you dont forget which bolt came from where. there are a few diffrent sizes and lengths, and they go in from both sides of the tranny.
ect ect...