727 shift shaft seal replacement

TrailBeast said
The trick with the tool is a decent amount of down pressure while you turn it in, which is also kind of a PIA when doing them in the car.
Tapping the removal tool with a hammer while turning it works ok, but here again in the car it's hard to get that much room above the tool.

That's why I just pop it out with a screwdriver and pull the new one in from the bottom with the VB out.
Trying to get around taking the VB out is more trouble than it's worth to me.
I have probably done 50 of them, and have a background in transmissions, so it's no big deal to me.
A drain for the pan and a reusable metal impregnated pan gasket makes the job a little less of a PIA also.

I hear you on not much room, I already replaced the pan with one with a drain plug as I though it was the pan leaking but after a process of elimination it is the shift shaft seal. I think this little hook I have will work, it's a tool I have from when I was racing snowmobiles to pull the springs off that held the pipes to the cylinder heads. it's made out of a harden steel so I don't think I will have a issue with the hook breaking off. Going to drain down the tranny fluid a bit so it won't be such a mess after I pull the seal. Time will tell, next job will be the tail extension seal