Curious if you could measure the height of the transmission? Been wondering how tall jack stands would have to go to get it out if that day ever comes.
If using even a floor jack as a makeshift tranny jack, which you have to do...need a jack, which adds height to the overall assembly, you'd probably need somewhere around 24-28 inches to lower the tranny and roll it out from under the car, clearing the bits under the car and the body. That's my guesstimation based on my time spent under the car, staring at the transmission while thinking about an MGW install.
Funny my coworker has had that pic of that truck hanging on his wall for more than a decade, definitely don't want to be that guy. Yeah, I was thinking it was going to be at the limits of my jackstands. Just wanted to know how tall it is. I have a low profile rolling transmission jack and was curious what the overall height of the transmission was at the top of the bell housing so I could add to what my jack height to see where it might end up. Point taken on the jackstand beeing fully extended, I don't like doing that either. I've been looking at those big plastic wheel blocks, but I think the highest they make those are 10".If using even a floor jack as a makeshift tranny jack, which you have to do...need a jack, which adds height to the overall assembly, you'd probably need somewhere around 24-28 inches to lower the tranny and roll it out from under the car, clearing the bits under the car and the body. That's my guesstimation based on my time spent under the car, staring at the transmission while thinking about an MGW install.
That said, I just went to the garage and looked at the 6-ton jack stands I bought from Northern Tool. They have a max height of 23.75 inches. IMO, they are some tall jack stands. I think I've had the car close to that high on them while doing my front swaybar, and truthfully, wasn't comfortable with it. Just didn't "look right."
Jack stands can be wobbly even under ideal circumstances. Dropping a 400-ish pound piece of the car, prying it around, hammering on it etc, is going to shake the car a lot. I wouldn't want to be under the car if it was on jackstands under those circumstances. If a lift wasn't available, I'd have it on ramps or sitting on some serious platforms. Something like 24" square platforms made of 2x4's or 4x4's screwed together and stacked to make the appropriate height. I've seen too many folks work on cars as shown in the attached picture....don't be that guy!
I missed this post before cramming it back in there. I used my low profile jack to get it out it was too tall to come out from the side. I had to roll it all the way out of the back of the car. I think I actually laid it on a moving blanket and slid it across the concrete.
No problem. Good to see you got it on the road and all is well. Yeah, I've been envisioning having to slide it out on a blanket/cardboard. I think I got this thread confused with another that the guy was talking about a 4 foot lift. Did you have yours on a lift or jackstands?
