You'd at least need an assistant to help you wrestle your tranny out. The work involved is pretty extensive. I managed to get mine done in my parking lot, and was off to work that afternoon. I hired someone who was familiar with the whole process, and he brought an assistant. With my friend there, we had four people. This became most necessary when dropping the transmission.
Basic steps:
-Remove stuff sitting above transmission. Battery, battery tray, intake, starter.
-Remove wheels and free axle & brake assembly from suspension parts such as control arm(s) & tie rod.
-Pull axles out from your tranny's differential. Will leak oil, so be prepared with catch-can/rags.
-Support engine/transmission with jack/jack-stand(s).
-Remove motor mounts: rear, driv. side, & front (along with entire cross-brace)
-Unbolt transmission & ease it down and out.
-Remove old clutch & pressure plate, throwout bearing, & flywheel (to resurface or replace - I skipped this). Replace with new/refurbished parts.
-Repeat all steps in reverse. Bleed & refill clutch, and road test!
The above steps don't include any of the inevitable headaches involved, and I'm sure I left some bits out here & there. However, that should give you some idea of what you'd be in for.
Basic steps:
-Remove stuff sitting above transmission. Battery, battery tray, intake, starter.
-Remove wheels and free axle & brake assembly from suspension parts such as control arm(s) & tie rod.
-Pull axles out from your tranny's differential. Will leak oil, so be prepared with catch-can/rags.
-Support engine/transmission with jack/jack-stand(s).
-Remove motor mounts: rear, driv. side, & front (along with entire cross-brace)
-Unbolt transmission & ease it down and out.
-Remove old clutch & pressure plate, throwout bearing, & flywheel (to resurface or replace - I skipped this). Replace with new/refurbished parts.
-Repeat all steps in reverse. Bleed & refill clutch, and road test!
The above steps don't include any of the inevitable headaches involved, and I'm sure I left some bits out here & there. However, that should give you some idea of what you'd be in for.
