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Reply #15 – January 20, 2007, 07:20:42 PM

dont real know if i want to try it. and i dont every have time to do it. i work all weekend and i go to school. by the time i get off school and start to work on it i only get an hour and a half or two a night and then i have to figure out where i was the next day.

i might try it if i cant get it done cheap enough.

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Reply #16 – January 20, 2007, 07:33:27 PM

I put a piece of wood on the jack and jack the auto up by the pan. Did the AOD in the old 83 5.0 we had that way. NO issues.
Got the old one out the same way.

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Reply #17 – January 20, 2007, 07:42:59 PM

thats how we change trannys around here... period... unless we need a rear main change too.. then the whole motor comes out

Dillon, its easier than you think... it should take an hour to get it out and in.. depending on how fast you work..

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Reply #18 – January 20, 2007, 08:02:41 PM

ok well since you all know my extint of experience with transmissions and that i dont know a thing about them this is my issue.

do i un bolt it from the bellhousing or from the block? since im pretty sure that the replacement wont have a bell on it or a converter then what do i do to switch this? what about the flex plates?

might be stupid question but i dont know

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Reply #19 – January 20, 2007, 08:16:41 PM

my aod is one peice..

so from the block.. i believe the SC aod's are the same...

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Reply #20 – January 20, 2007, 08:20:18 PM

You inbolt the converter from the flexplate (through the access hole on the engine plate), remove the starter and then unbolt the bell from the engine. Move whole lot rearward to allow the converter studs to clear the flex plate and drop down.

This is assuming you have all the other out of the way (driveshaft, shift linkage, exhaust...)

The bell is integral to the trans.

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Reply #21 – January 20, 2007, 08:25:25 PM

Thanks i didnt know.

what is the flex plate exactly?

i have a diagram that Eric sent me but i dont know what the numbers stand for on it. so i should be able to figure it out if you can tell me what its looks like/ location

thanks again

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Reply #22 – January 20, 2007, 08:34:06 PM

the flexplate is the thing that bolts to the crank on the motor.. that the starter intermingles with to turn the motor over..

and the torque converter is bolted to the flex plate...

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Reply #23 – January 20, 2007, 08:43:54 PM

im going to find a labeled diagram so i can understand you guys advise better. but it seems easy enough.

yet so did the flipping of the shifter arm

how big of a mess is this going to make? the rain has cleaned up the other stuff pretty good right now. real doesnt matter to me but my Gramps is bitchin about everything i do now.

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Reply #24 – January 20, 2007, 08:47:15 PM

bout the same as before..

not alot else other than tranny fluid

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Reply #25 – January 20, 2007, 08:48:14 PM

cool cool i will have alot more question if i attempt this later on. Thanks alot Chuck and Clayton

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Reply #26 – January 20, 2007, 08:51:46 PM

No prob man.

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Reply #27 – January 20, 2007, 10:18:30 PM

After reading all this I'm still wondering where the "Don't get ripped off" title comes from. I was expecting to read about an eBay deal gone bad or something...

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Reply #28 – January 21, 2007, 07:54:12 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;124861

After reading all this I'm still wondering where the "Don't get ripped off" title comes from. I was expecting to read about an eBay deal gone bad or something...

I DONT WANT TO GET RIPPED OFF! and a good title gets more attention which in return gets more ideas/ answers.

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Reply #29 – January 21, 2007, 08:57:06 PM

Dude,with your inexperience i don't know if i'd atempt it.
You may get it out, but getting it back in with the car on stands is no picnic and can be dangerous if you don't know what your doing.
Now i'm a liscensed tech and on a hoist with all my air tools/etc it takes me around 40-45 mins to remove it,then around 1- 1 1/2hours to get it back in so not sure where blackjack gets under 2 hours???
Anyways,if you really rely on the car i may just be inclined to pay someone a few hundred dollars to swap it out for ya,you don't want to get it out then not be able to reinstall it.
As they say removals the easy part,lining it up afterwords is kind of a pain in the a**.