Removing the TH400

[porkysplace]

Habor freight sells a transmission adapter that fits most floor jacks for $50 bucks add their coupons you should be able to pick one up as cheap as renting .

edit: Having owned mainly fords which have studs on the torque converter
I found if you cut the heads off of bolts the size of the bell housing bolts and round the end with a grinder and slot the end . use bolts long enough to slide the transmission on without binding on the flywheel they will slide into place on the studs in the block put a couple bolts in the other holes and use a screwdriver to remove the slotted bolts , this works well for manuel transmissions also.

 

[QuickSilver]

Putting the trans back in today. The guy at the shop said the insides looked almost new. He replaced a couple of clutch disks since he was in there anyway, and that was it.

 

[IdahoPlowboy]

That was alot of days down time, did you have to drive the Buick?

 

[QuickSilver]

That was alot of days down time, did you have to drive the Buick?

I wish!

 

[QuickSilver]

Got it back in today. Drives like a dream!

 

[edpdx]

QuickSilver thanks for completing the thread with a happy ending. I hate to find an interesting thread and read 3 pages only to find it unresolved.

Feel free to post any tips on the R&R, after getting reamed on a transmission job on my wife's car earlier this month, I think I'll pull my tranx in the driveway and and have it rebuilt like you- I've pulled 2-3 TH350s but the 400 will be a first.

Good Job!

 

[JUNKYARDJOHN]

There are the same amount of work pulling a t-400 in a4x4 as a 350 in a 4x4. The t-400 is just 75 lbs heavier. John