replacing clutch need some help

[dwsykes]

I replaced my clutch when I first got my 88. The guy before me did not know how to drive a stick even after 3 years of driving it he still rode the clutch. I had no jack or jack stands. Basically I took the drive shafts off T-case off and unbolted the trans on a wooden block then crawled under the trans and wiggled it out with it on top of me....it is a tight fit but a trans can come out without jacking the truck up IF you have jacks and stands it will be easy, as was my second time taking it out to replace the slave cylinder Good luck

 

[ammojkm]

...then crawled under the trans and wiggled it out with it on top of me....

I did that once when I was 16. TH-350 in a 70 Chevelle. Being young and dumb, I neglected to drain the transmission first. It came loose and pinned me to ground! After a few moments of sqeaking for help that I no one could hear, I finally wiggled out from under it. Thereafter, I have always used a transmission jack or at least a floor jack.

Grown man with a manual transmission...do-able.
Teenage kid with an auto transmission, torque convertor, and ~9 qts of fluid...sqaushed.

 

[dwsykes]

Thereafter, I have always used a transmission jack or at least a floor jack.

After the second time with borrowed jacks and jack stands, I went and got some

 

[schmoo]

last one i did, i lifted it with a loader
and set it on a pair of band duals
from a tractor.