jmmorgan82

Alright..I am changing my tranny out tomorrow, but I have one major problem. I need to get my car up in the air about 12-15 inches in order for me to pull my tranny. The car is stuck in reverse right now so I have no way to get up on some ramps. any suggestions?

jrock

now that is a good question! i cant think of anything if you are stuck in reverse. your gonna have to tow it somewhere probably

pete1665

ummm... theres this new thing called a Jack... j/k.

when i did my tranny i just jacked it up and put jackstands in all four courners. screw ramps!

nathansmith50

yeah a set of jack stands is like 30 bucks at pep boys.

Tim37

+1

jack stands will be much better than ramps they are easier to put the car on and since they arn't as bulky they are much easier to work around.

Voodoo

I did my whole exaust all the way up with a small floor jack and jack stands. A pain crawling in and out though.

jmmorgan82

alright i guess im gonna have to run to the store and get a jack that goes higher and some more stands. what would be the best location to place the stands to change the tranny? i already have 2 under the rear axle..where should the front ones go? sorry for the stupid questions, im just used to ramps

BBond007

You can get by without buying a new jack, Any hydraulic jack will work...

When the jack is fully extended, put the car on the stand.

If you need to go higher, put something under the jack(brick, whatever) then you can go that much higher.

Take your time, and be safe!

Oh, also because you have reverse you could put the back of the car on ramps and the front on jack-stands. You'd not want the ramps on the front anyway. as others have pointed out, they are difficult to work around compared to the stands...

Dark_Horse

what happened for it to get stuck in reverse?

2000GT4.6

Its gonna be major suck swapping the trans with the car only 12 inches high.

Hell, i had mine at about 6 feet when we did the trans swap/exaust, raised up by 3 forklifts (osha come in and inspect this!)