<VV> Removing transmission on early Corvairs

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In a message dated 4/17/2005 11:45:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
tonyu at roava.net writes:

On  cement or paved surfaces, jackstands are OK.   On grass or dirt,  sorry, 
I'm gonna pick the stumps.   I value my unbroken bones  too much to trust a 
jackstand on grass or dirt.   I've seen too  many of them fall over.





I'm with Tony on this one, good Oak stumps work great on grass and hot  
pavement.
 I removed a 63 drivetrain in 20 min.'s once that way, in back yard,  wet 
grass, but then I did cheat used same 3/4 plywood to support the jack and  more 
to roll it across the yard to the shop. Have R & R more trive trains  with no 
more the a jack, a back pocket full of tools and logs or jackstands,  depending 
on the surface. Have an ATV jack now and it is great in the shop, I do  wish 
I had my Yenko Clone up on logs and not jackstands when the starter jammed  on 
my roadster and it hit the Vair. Pushed it off the stands and put one right  
thru the floor, if it had been on 12" dia.stumps it would have stopped the  
roadster in it's tracks.
rich