Might need to replace the torque converter on my 06 Saturn Vue V6 and the manual says trans comes out the bottom together with the engine. Without a lift, how doable is this? Getting it high enough off the ground shouldn't be a problem, but what to use to lower everything including the subframe to the ground? A transmission jack just isn't wide enough to support all that. What about one of these hydraulic tables? https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/814...ea1RTZxFr934vA_DcIFlJt6xwnMz9cBUaAh1gEALw_wcB
Possible to drop engine/transmission out the bottom without a lift?
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If you get an engine holder https://www.amazon.com/SPECSTAR-Eng...3&sprefix=engine+cradle+holder,aps,128&sr=8-4
Leave engine in and drop transmission. Drop cradle then it isn't bad. Mark steering and tie steering wheel straight before dropping cradle.
Leave engine in and drop transmission. Drop cradle then it isn't bad. Mark steering and tie steering wheel straight before dropping cradle.
Don't think there is room to get the transmission away from the engine while in the car.
Had a Mercury Topaz 5 SPD... where engine/trans had to be dropped below main frame horns to be able to pull off, change harmonic balancer. There was no subframe, though. I feel your pain...
With enough height, and with staging either side of the car and in frt to step on, an engine support bar could drop engine, subframe, and trans to the grd... Or, remove subframe + wishbones(?) while supporting engine and trans (with engine support)... then drop the latter onto slideable sheet of plywood, dunnage for separation away from the vehicle.
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Probably weighs over 500 pounds. That ain't sliding if I drop it on a sheet of ice.
Flush, removable floor anchors, come-alongs?
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As much as you work on vehicles, Why not have a 2 post 10,000# lift installed....Even if it's outside & you have to pour 2 piers.
No room at home. Would put lift in at one of my storage places but they are an hour away. Maybe one of these days.
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I have done it in a Grand Prix and a few F-bodies. I would think the Vue might be a bit tougher. I used an engine hoist and jacks to do it on those cars.
Is this drivetrain pretty similar to the Honda Odyssey? I thought they had Honda engines. Maybe check out Youtube and Odyclub.com to see how other people have pulled motors and transmission in Odysseys...
Yes nearly identical to Pilot, Ridgeline, Odyssey.
