<VV> Powerglide removal

[Norman C. Witte]

Roger, thanks.  I pulled just the engine and that wasn't bad, but I screwed
up the front pump because I bolted the torque converter to the flex plate
before I put the engine in instead of putting the torque converter on the
tranny and then bolting it up once the engine was in place.  All things
considered, for a glide it's not bad to pull the engine by itself.  We'll
see how the tranny deal goes....

Norm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Gault [mailto:r.gault@sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:16 PM
> To: ncwitte@wittelaw.com
> Subject: Re: <VV> Powerglide removal
>
>
> Hi, Norm,
> When I replaced mine, I put a floor jack under it and dropped
> it onto it.
> As I remember, it wanted to pull the driveshaft out of the
> clutch, so it had
> to come out quite a ways so I could get everything apart.
> Going back in, I
> was able to wedge it to the correct angle with some wood and
> guide it into
> place as I rolled the jack.  I think I had my wife pulling
> and jacking the
> jack around while I got it lined up.  It wasn't as bad as I expected.
>
> My spare that I just weighed weighs almost exactly 50 pounds.
>
> Roger Gault
>
> PS:  I'd do it that way again for the transmission.  For the
> engine, I still
> pull the whole drivetrain.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman C. Witte" <ncwitte@wittelaw.com>
> To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:29 PM
> Subject: <VV> Powerglide removal
>
>
> > It's in the fifties this afternoon here in balmy Michigan, and so
> naturally
> > a young (or middle-aged) man's thoughts turn to working on
> Corvairs, which
> > until now have been sleeping peacefully in the barn.
> >
> > I need to pull the transmission out of my '65 convertible.
> I thought I
> had
> > my shop manual here at the office but now I think it is not
> here because I
> > can't find it.  Anyway, I was going to just drop the whole
> powertrain out,
> > but now I think I will try to remove just the tranny.  My
> relates not to
> the
> > technique (I will certainly read the book on that and post
> questions if I
> > have them) for removing the tranny, but to the physical
> handling of the
> > trans as it comes out.  I have no clue how much it weighs,
> or how easy it
> > will be to wrestle to the floor once it departs the
> vehicle.  Nor do I
> have
> > any clue how I will get it back in place once I am done
> playing with it.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Norm Witte
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