Another boring old story from the old days
I changed my first transmission when I was 13, and it was a 727 in a 1958 Chrysler Windsor. (push button trans)
I had never had any experience with one before that, and had no one to help me with it.
No concrete, just decomposed granite and no power or air tools or jack.
We did have a road grader I was familiar with, so I got in that and cut a ditch in the back yard.
Then I used a 2x4 behind the tires to pry/roll the car over the ditch.
2 days later the car drove under it's own power.
My Dad was a bit annoyed about the ditch in the yard and made me fill it back in by hand.:D
Not very long ago I changed the rear main seal in our front driveway (all gravel) in our Winnebago RV right where it sits in the top picture.
12 foot 2 piece Driveshaft out, turbo 400 out, engine jacked up flex plate off, oil pan down and change the seal.
Put it all back together, ran it enough in the driveway to burn off any junk on the exhaust and took off the next morning for an out of town Thanksgiving weekend to one of my favorite riding places.
Did it right where it sits.
I changed my first transmission when I was 13, and it was a 727 in a 1958 Chrysler Windsor. (push button trans)
I had never had any experience with one before that, and had no one to help me with it.
No concrete, just decomposed granite and no power or air tools or jack.
We did have a road grader I was familiar with, so I got in that and cut a ditch in the back yard.
Then I used a 2x4 behind the tires to pry/roll the car over the ditch.
2 days later the car drove under it's own power.
My Dad was a bit annoyed about the ditch in the yard and made me fill it back in by hand.:D
Not very long ago I changed the rear main seal in our front driveway (all gravel) in our Winnebago RV right where it sits in the top picture.
12 foot 2 piece Driveshaft out, turbo 400 out, engine jacked up flex plate off, oil pan down and change the seal.
Put it all back together, ran it enough in the driveway to burn off any junk on the exhaust and took off the next morning for an out of town Thanksgiving weekend to one of my favorite riding places.
Did it right where it sits.
