Apparently all Pug's are not created equal. While I am not saying he
needs a lift, the extrication process for my 5 speed from behind an
XD2S was not so simple. I could not lower the front cross member as
per the factory procedure because the cheep-ass captive nut system
gave up the ghost - it was the two under the battery tray and I could
not be bothered to try to get them out. In this situation we could
see no way to get the gearbox out of the car with the engine in place.
We had to take the whole thing out as an assembly. Not fun but it is
just possible if you can get the car high enough and then with the
engine/gearbox hanging darn near vertical from an engine crane swing
it in or out.
Hope I don't have to do that again!
John
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "Pug NZ" <pug-yahoo2@a...> wrote:
> It is possible to do a tranny without a lift. Recently did a 505 V6
auto.
> If you have a lift it is easier (mainly because you can do stuff
standing
> up, rather than lying on your back), but then you also have to have a
> gearbox stand etc...
> From memory the procedure is roughly:
> Jack up the car and put on stands, rear stand on either side of
cross member
> under rear seat, front at front torsion bar mounts.
> unbolt diff mounts and torque tube to diff bolts (and exhaust bracket)
> lower diff down so it sits lower than the torquetube, sit on block
(note,
> will leak oil out the front, doo nuts back on (with spacer?) to hold the
> front plate on.
> Support gearbox, undo torque tube to gearbox, slide back tube and
driveshaft
> free of gearbox.
> undo gearbox, tilt engine back, and remove box.
> If you need a bit more space to get the bellhousing past the fire wall,
> support the axle on a jack, loosen the two bolts on either side
until the
> end of the bolt thread is flush with the nut, then lower gently. For
even
> more space, alternative procedure is to get two old head bolts,
remove one
> of the axle bolts either side and replace with a head bolt, support
on jack,
> remove the other two bolts, and lower the axle.
>
> All the best with the repairs,
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pavel Grigorieff
>
>
> This is a dilemma for me. By nature I hate the idea of a throwaway
car, and
> my 505 is too good to drag away. But it's also going to cost way
more than
> it's worth to fix professionally. (I'm a decent shade-tree
mechanic--even
> not afraid of rebuilding engines--but getting at this tranny without
a lift
> does't seem possible or at least safe.)
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