MrBrown
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- Mar 9, 2011
Woot. Got the clutch/transmission installed in a record time.
Its just a regular SACHs clutch nothing special.
This one's for you rednecks out there or if your like me and like cheap beer when working in the shop:
And a final shot of the transmission back into its home:
So, when I was installing the transmission, I came about a technique that cut the installation time in more than half (took about an hour from jacking the car up to lowering it back down) for the average DIY'r with no special transmission jack. There are some that will say this isn't safe or that was stupid but I wouldn't advise doing it if you are scrawny and cant lift weights. If you are comfortable and can lift then you will be ok.
I started with the car jacked up enough to slide under it. I then laid down feet first going under the front of the car. set the transmission bell housing on my chest and the tail shaft towards my feet (this would be much easier with a creeper but I don't have one) then I did the worm like movement in order to get right under the flywheel. I used my legs along with my arms to push upwards until the transmission was level and slid the input shaft right into the clutch hole just enough to get it started. Then you want to rotate the transmission so that the big hump on the bell housing is at the lower level of approximately 5 o'clock. this allows it to fully engage without hitting the tunnel. Then rotate it back up (counter clockwise) into correct position and its done. Put your bolts back in and crack that PBR that you bought with your budget money and tell yourself "hell yeah that was easy" and take a drank.
For those of you thinking that is a terrible way to do it, what if it falls on you, what if you lose grip etc. you are right. Don't do it my way, its unsafe. But I will continue it this way because it was easy and the M46 weighs nothing.
Its just a regular SACHs clutch nothing special.
This one's for you rednecks out there or if your like me and like cheap beer when working in the shop:
And a final shot of the transmission back into its home:
So, when I was installing the transmission, I came about a technique that cut the installation time in more than half (took about an hour from jacking the car up to lowering it back down) for the average DIY'r with no special transmission jack. There are some that will say this isn't safe or that was stupid but I wouldn't advise doing it if you are scrawny and cant lift weights. If you are comfortable and can lift then you will be ok.
I started with the car jacked up enough to slide under it. I then laid down feet first going under the front of the car. set the transmission bell housing on my chest and the tail shaft towards my feet (this would be much easier with a creeper but I don't have one) then I did the worm like movement in order to get right under the flywheel. I used my legs along with my arms to push upwards until the transmission was level and slid the input shaft right into the clutch hole just enough to get it started. Then you want to rotate the transmission so that the big hump on the bell housing is at the lower level of approximately 5 o'clock. this allows it to fully engage without hitting the tunnel. Then rotate it back up (counter clockwise) into correct position and its done. Put your bolts back in and crack that PBR that you bought with your budget money and tell yourself "hell yeah that was easy" and take a drank.
For those of you thinking that is a terrible way to do it, what if it falls on you, what if you lose grip etc. you are right. Don't do it my way, its unsafe. But I will continue it this way because it was easy and the M46 weighs nothing.