17 May 12 11:49, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> Yeup. There's a tool that rests on the inner fender wells of FWD   
    RW>> cars that they use to 'hang' the engine while they remove that   
    RW>> subframe. Once that's out of the way, they can R&R the transaxle,   
    RW>> put in a new clutch, change the pan gasket and several other things   
    RW>> that you couldn't do in your garage.   
      
    MH> I figured there was some trick to it.   
      
   I wondered about it for a long time, then finally got to see it happen.   
      
    MH> I really wanted to watch the transmission shop remove the tranmission   
    MH> from my car when they did the rebuild.  I am just really curious to   
    MH> how they got it out and back in.  I do know they removed the subframe   
    MH> to do it.   
      
   They used the above tool to hang the motor, remove the subframe and then   
   the trans...that tool makes the job so much easier. The last one I watched   
   them do was a 90+ Pontiac Bonneville with the 3.8 V6 in it. Piece of cake.   
      
   They R&Rd a junk yard trans in place of the worn out trans, but it wasn't   
   the trans the owner thought he'd get from a junk yard and the cost of   
   doing the job all over again wasn't worth it to him. Harry ended up with   
   the car, which he sold for scrap iron.   
      
    RW>> They also use that fender hanging tool to do axle swaps...   
      
    MH> You can replace the CV axles on my car without doing that,   
    MH> fortunately.   
      
   On most cars, but there are some that need the engine tool to do.   
      
    RW>> Does your helmet have vents to allow for air flow into and out of   
    RW>> the helmet? Mine do...I especially like the open face helmet for   
    RW>> that kind of riding.   
      
    MH> Nope, but I have an open face helmet.  On really hot days, the top of   
    MH> my head starts cooking.  When it is that hot, it is better to take   
    MH> the car with the A/C.   
      
   Even if it does get less fuel mileage than the HD...I found that using the   
   full face shield on the open face helmut, keeping the hot air off of the   
   face works pretty good, if you have a top ventilated helmet.   
      
    MH> My car is in the shop right now (today).  They are looking for that   
    MH> oil leak around the pan.  I believe they are going to redo the oil   
    MH> pan gasket. All I know so far is that the oil drain plug is cracked   
    MH> and they are replacing that to start with.   
      
   You mean the oil drain plug area in the pan is cracked? Or the drain plug   
   itself?   
      
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