TH350C Removal Method

[Swims350]

I've done tons and never used a trans jack It's always been 3 ton floor jack or blocks and wood. The best I ever did was my 88 reinstall using 2 8 inch concrete blocks, laid on top of 2 2x6's laying flat on the ground, raised it on each side and put blocks under the 2x6's or used 4x4's bricks whatever I needed for the correct height. then I just slid it up in place and it bolted up real easy.

all the others I just used a floor jack and another set of hands.

For doing a flexplate sometimes you can get long bolts, thread them in where a few bellhousing bolts came from, remove the corssmember and driveshaft, then slide it down and back or back if you can without going down.

I always use the floor jack right under the trans pan more towards the front.

They also have adapters to make floor jacks trans jacks.

 

[89Suburban]

Also watch the distributor doesn't get smashed against the firewall if moving the engine up or down and watch for wires getting pinched in between the bell housing/block when assembling.

 

[MadOgre]

Also watch the distributor doesn't get smashed against the firewall if moving the engine up or down and watch for wires getting pinched in between the bell housing/block when assembling.

Ive seen a few crushed distributors cause guys forgot to block the engine lol

 

[Swims350]

yep forgot to mention jack under the motor oil pan or at least a block.

 

[garzas23]

A friend of mine actually made me a cool little set up for the jack. Its a square plate for the pan to rest on with a piece of pipe welded to the center of the plate to sit in the jack. You take the regular cup out of the floor jack and the plate just fits right on there. It was actually a great idea and worked GREAT! Ill get a pic soon.