Hi all, I have to drop my A340e transmission and was wondering if y'all had any advice. The truck is currently a foot in the air on jack stands. I've got a floor jack, and 2 bottle jacks, and am wondering what the best way to go about this is. Today I will drain the fluid, remove the driveshaft, and disconnect the cooler lines. After that...
One of the best tricks is to use the hole in the tunnel with a bar and ratchet strap to hold the tail of the transmission up.
Oh snap! Thats not a bad idea. I had considered ratchet straps in the back actually. I ended up using my floor jack in the back, and two bottle jacks, one L and one R in the front. That allowed me to tilt and twist things.
I had planned on dropping the trans to get things sorted out with the flexplate spacers and install my transgo shift kit. After looking at the instructions for the shift kit I realized it was waaaay beyond my comprehension. So I ended up just pushing the trans like 6" back to get between the flexplate and torque converter. When I save up the money I will go to a trans shop to get the kit installed. For now things are running alright, I've got 6.4 miles on the odometer for the new setup.
Good call. Better to have a seasoned hand install gofast parts! Best part is, you never get dirty! Haha so I'm guessing this thread will probably be dead now since oem for the win!
Oh, dirty? My elbows need scrubbing pretty badly! Next time I will get some folks to do it for me and charge them a daily gym rate. Geeeeeez that was a workout! Anyone wants to drop their trans themselves? Good on ya!