Hmm, yeah good point about draining it first. I guess the board all the way across it would work. My pan already has a big dent in the center, LOL. No leaks though. I suppose the drivers subframe would have to come out, but the passenger one could stay? I knew all these bench presses would come in handy some day. haha
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1994 3100 BERETTA. 200,000+ miles
16.0 1/4 mile when stock. Now ???
Original L82 Longblock with LA1, LX9, LX5 parts
Manifold-back 2.5" SS Mandrel Exhaust. Hardware is SS too.
yeah just drivers side has to come out, but with the sway bar attached its almost easier to just drop the whole subframe assy and get it out of the way completely.
I can lift a dry trans from the ground up to a bench so its not WICKED heavy... and I don't bench... but I do a lot of physical labor on the race car and my car so I stay in shape that way.
Hmm, it's gotta weigh more than a truck rear end I'd think? When you say dry, does that mean just drained but still has the fluid in the converter/etc?
How do you raise your car up enough to drop it from the bottom? Super tall jack stands?
__________________ New 2010 project (click image)
1994 3100 BERETTA. 200,000+ miles
16.0 1/4 mile when stock. Now ???
Original L82 Longblock with LA1, LX9, LX5 parts
Manifold-back 2.5" SS Mandrel Exhaust. Hardware is SS too.
not really... Jack stands most of the way up clears ok going out the drivers wheel well, and yeah dry i mean with NO converter and no fluid, like freshly built no fluid, because alot stays in the pump and VB and so on... damn converter is heavy full of oil.
Just a note: Thinking outside the box as I sometimes do, I used some engine valve springs I had laying around when I did this. Worked very well. The washers I got from Home Depot in the bolt section. Just bring your parts with you and see what will drop in the hole.
DRY transmission, Freshly built, with no converter weighs in at 161lbs with side motor mount on.
Converter is 20lbs dry...
So I would say add about 10-12 quarts of fluid to that, and thats your total trans weight. The converter can hold like 3-4 quarts I THINK... and when that comes off the fluid doesn't drain out of that easily so even dropping the pan your only getting out about 5-6 quarts of oil... so yeah. It's heavy.
Dry with converter the trans weighs just about what I do... and it's shaped like a friken beach ball with a 80lb leg...
Damn!! Weighs more than a TH350/TH400!! (but does have the diff inside too)
__________________ New 2010 project (click image)
1994 3100 BERETTA. 200,000+ miles
16.0 1/4 mile when stock. Now ???
Original L82 Longblock with LA1, LX9, LX5 parts
Manifold-back 2.5" SS Mandrel Exhaust. Hardware is SS too.
the diff isnt THAT heavy... Maybe 15lbs if that. Also remember a TH350/TH400 is a straight shot, this one has gears and a chain, and probably more case material too.
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