I like taking it out the door, with a hoist or without. When we did not have
a hoist we just lifted it out but it was a bit heavy. Mostly I like the
control I get with the hoist when I'm putting it back together compared to
jockeying a tranny in on a jack. We just replaced the trans/xfer caseon a 43
J**p GPW (quite a bit smaller than a rover set up and has removeable
crossmember) and it was a holy bear getting it in from underneath. Never had
a removable cross member on a rover though.
Smokey Briggs
Pecos, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: DaveB <rovergawd@yahoo.com>
To: <lro@works.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: LRO: Transmission Removal
>
> --- Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus <Alan_Richer@Lotus.com> wrote:
> > Secondly, if your Marsland is like all the others i've seen it was
> > likely
> > galvanized with the crossmember in place. Good luck getting it
> > out....<grin>.
>
> I've done it both ways. With the removable x/member, you can slide the
> complete unit out from under the truck *WITHOUT LIFTING THE TRUCK AT
> ALL* just by taking the extra step of removing the red-knobbed hi-lo
> lever. That is if you are doing the job on a hard surface.
>
> IMO, it is much easier tyo do this than fighting with the seatbox. I
> would very much like to never have to remove a series seatbox ever
> again in mylife. But I know that will never be the case. The remvoable
> trans x-member was likely, as Chairman Al Richer noted, galvainzed in
> place. But we had no problem removing the bolts on the one I did. You
> do need to lever the x-member out with a crowbar or somesuch and you
> will need to support the trans assembly. A regular large size floor
> jack works fine, since the x member isn't there, you have a little more
> room to position it. Basically you save yourself the hassle of getting
> the seatbox out, and also the need for an enginee crane. You will need
> a 2 x4 and a come-along to reinstall the gearbox though.
>
> I don't know why anyone would bother to do the seatbox removal dance
> when they have a perfectly good removable trans x-member. What a
> phenomenal waste of time and effort.
>
> > it's a lot easier to do (and can be done standing up) than the
> > bottom-drop
> > method for those not lift equipped.
>
> Bollocks! You don't need a lift at all. Without a crane, how do you get
> the trans out the door of the truck when you come out the top?
>
> Dave
>
>
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>
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