Any Help?, Pittsburgh Transmission Swap Options

[pittfirefighter]

Alright guys i just bought a used auto transmission from another member here and i need to pull my old auto transmission in my 95 GT for this one. The old transmission is going as its lost reverse but it still drives which is nice. What type of difficulty level are we looking at for pulling a transmission and putting a newer one in its place? I've done a lot of work on turbos and intakes and whatnot but never messed with transmissions....
Also anyone in the Pittsburgh area that has experience able to give me a hand? We have a full garage with all the goodies....

[alltracman78]

Not anywhere near you, but good luck.

Use BLUE threadlocker on the driveplate bolts. If you don't, you will have them loose in a bit.
Won't hurt to use them on all the other bolts too....
Drain your trans before you pull the CV shafts.

[Trae]

how close are you to blairsville or indiana

[pittfirefighter]

how close are you to blairsville or indiana

20 minutes at most

[pittfirefighter]

anybody else have any tips? are there any special tools that i will need?

[jason]

mines not auto but did one on an 89 plymouth acclaim auto, not too difficult, its just bulky and HEAVY, the best tools you could have are some flex sockets - the universal joint ones to get in them tight areas for less of a headache and another person to help. id count on like 5-8 hours for the job if by yourself, if everything goes smoothly maybe quicker with someone else too. good luck!! if you can wait i can try n get some repair manual pages up for that if i can find em.

This post has been edited by jason: May 1, 2007 - 10:45 PM

[DrAg1n320]

Hi, if your doing it at home on the floor and with just hand tools, if i had to rate the difficulty from 1-10, 10 being the worst, i'm gonna say 11. haha, now i dont want to scare you, but you will have to drop the subframe while holding up the motor, that's probably the hardest part to figure out if your doing it on your garage floor. Now, on the other hand, if you had a shop and air tools, then the difficulty will prob drop to a 6. Not much special tools will be needed, but the only big concern is supporting that motor with no sub frame. O, and you dont' have to go crazy with that lock tite, only major one is on the flywheel bolts.