So I have been juggling school and doing a clutch job for the past few days working when i can and when i started today I was about half way through..i just removed the crossmember and i was just about to start unbolting the transmission from the engine when lo and behold...my nice jack gives out (it just lost pressure)...probably should say that I was under the transmisson at the time. So luckily when it dropped the 1 engine mount didnt sheer completely and the whole thing just fall on me. No i dont really care about the damage it DIDNT to as much as the damage it DID do Im fine so thats whatever. Now what i am ****ed about is that I have to replace that engine mount and AC lines and whatever else i come across.

I levered up the engine till it was level again and placed some jack stands under it. Danm Murphys Law. IF it can go wrong..it will. I figured an AC DELCO jack would be decent

btw...ANYone in the DC area have an engine lift i can use for a day? (if not ill just rent one)

 

dammmmmm i hope u alrite cuz ma cousin died like that. He was doing an engine swap and the little crane ting wasnt secured properly and it crushed his chest.

 

y did u take off the cross memeber??? i don't have one and im not in ur area sorry. but glad ur ok tho....

 

Yeah I had that happen the other day. Just changing some front brakes, didn't have jack stands so being the idot I was I just used the factory jack, bad BAD idea, pushed just a bit to hard and silp wham bam. Took a huge chuck of the driveway out, but I looked and nothing seemed to broken. Already purchased a floor jack and stands on E-Bay. Stupid jacks!

 

im talking about the engine crossmember..the bar that runs directly under the engine/tranny with both ends being engine mounts...im probably using bad terminology...thanks though

 

well i had jack stands on the sides but i didnt put one under the engine...next time im going to use an engine hoist..

 

no its fine i know what it is....i just thought u didn't have to remove that when taking the tranny out. it just slides out and out of the way. i just did a tranny on a 93 max and im preaty sure its the same in a 95-99.