Don't jack up your transmission by putting the jack under the pan. I have repaired three transmissions in the past month that were damaged by a jack. If installing an engine hoist the transmission from the top. A 2x4 sitting on the strut towers with a long piece of 1/2 all thread bent into a hook on one end does the job. Loop the hook through the transmission bracket ( where the upper mount attaches) On the other you can loosen/tighten the bolt on the all thread to raise/lower the trans.

Edited January 31, 201115 yr by logic23

Just lay a piece of 2x4 across the trans pan and you won't smash it up. It needs to be wider than the pan.

OR just put the jack under the differential instead.

 

But don't put it under the pan.

I like the board and all-thread idea. Seems like the hanging exhaust system is always in the way of positioning the floor jack under the diff.

Its real nice... you use a gearwrench and you can move the trans up and down with more precision than a jack. You can work the engine hoist with your right hand and the gearwrench with your left... I started using it on the manuals. they dont have much surface area to jack from the bottom.

I just use my transmission jack. *shrug*