im going to be doing a tranny swap soon and they guy who is going to help me says its a real bitch without a lift. anyone know a shop or person who has a lift we could use to make the job easier? also will jackstands and ramps suffice to perform the swap if a lift isnt found?

 

Yup.

 

cool, well at least i can still do it. thanx

 

It's really not that bad on the ground.

 

Just pulled the transmission the other weekend to replace the clutch. It's really not that back with just jackstands.

 

To each their own. Something I don't look forward to doing again. Which, of course I'll have to do in a few months.

 

Well i'd rather do a clutch than re-seal an oil pan, wanna trade work?

 

also are there any tricks or things to look out for when dropping the tranny?

 

Just follow the FSM instructions. It's pretty straight forward. The only thing that I didn't do at first that through be for a look was I didn't support the diff when I was dropping the PPF. If you don't do that you'll find that the ppf will get bound up on the bolts on the diff and trans.