Cat3
10-07-2003, 02:17 PM
ok...
i'm now on day... 4 of replacing my clutch.
i've been working every day for about 10 hours a day trying to change the clutch out. I'm starting to think that when the clutch goes out is when you're supposed to just throw the car away and get a new one.
i've taken the transmission out of the car, replaced the clutch and release bearing... and now i'm trying to put the transmission back on the car. But that's MUCH easier said than done.
supposedly there's a thing called a transmission jack that should make this job go much smoother, but i can't rent one of those, cause i can't locate one to rent. And buying one is out of the question, because i'm almost broke now from this project.
Today, the objective is simply to get the transmission mounted to the engine. then once that task is complete, i'm closing the hood and not looking at the car again until tomorrow.
me and a friend have the transmission supported by ropes, dangling where it should be mounted right next to the engine... that was real fun let me tell you. took almost 2 hours to get it from the ground to where it's resting now. My arms feel like rubber bands now from "bench pressing" the tranny into place.
We're stuck at the point where you have to align the shaft that goes from the tranny to the flywheel.
lot's of swearing and twisting and turning and readjusting and tilting and so on, and no luck.
is there any sort of trick anyone's discovered to make this less like giving birth and more like working on a car?
i guess the only way to get it on there is to just keep doing that list of things i just mentioned until it just works.
i'm mostly just venting and taking a break... hopefully when i go back out there, things will start to come together.
i'm now on day... 4 of replacing my clutch.
i've been working every day for about 10 hours a day trying to change the clutch out. I'm starting to think that when the clutch goes out is when you're supposed to just throw the car away and get a new one.
i've taken the transmission out of the car, replaced the clutch and release bearing... and now i'm trying to put the transmission back on the car. But that's MUCH easier said than done.
supposedly there's a thing called a transmission jack that should make this job go much smoother, but i can't rent one of those, cause i can't locate one to rent. And buying one is out of the question, because i'm almost broke now from this project.
Today, the objective is simply to get the transmission mounted to the engine. then once that task is complete, i'm closing the hood and not looking at the car again until tomorrow.
me and a friend have the transmission supported by ropes, dangling where it should be mounted right next to the engine... that was real fun let me tell you. took almost 2 hours to get it from the ground to where it's resting now. My arms feel like rubber bands now from "bench pressing" the tranny into place.
We're stuck at the point where you have to align the shaft that goes from the tranny to the flywheel.
lot's of swearing and twisting and turning and readjusting and tilting and so on, and no luck.
is there any sort of trick anyone's discovered to make this less like giving birth and more like working on a car?
i guess the only way to get it on there is to just keep doing that list of things i just mentioned until it just works.
i'm mostly just venting and taking a break... hopefully when i go back out there, things will start to come together.