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Shadetree · 02-07-2012, 08:50 PM

I have had the rear-end out twice since I have owned my `35. The worse part is using a spring spreader. I don't know if one could get the car high enough to pull the spring still attached to the rear-end. Still I think it is easier and faster than pulling the engine as you don't have to mess with the hood, exhaust and radiator. As a teenager I had a `40 Ford two door. It was lowered in the back with long spring shackles, didn't need a spreader, just a jack. Junkyard transmissions were $20, but money was scarce, so we took two transmissions and made one. It lasted the weekend...

But on the other hand it would be a good opportunity to do some cleaning and painting on the engine and engine compartment.

Shadetree

02-07-2012, 08:50 PM	#14
Shadetree Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Cottageville, WV Posts: 1,535	Re: clutch removal I have had the rear-end out twice since I have owned my `35. The worse part is using a spring spreader. I don't know if one could get the car high enough to pull the spring still attached to the rear-end. Still I think it is easier and faster than pulling the engine as you don't have to mess with the hood, exhaust and radiator. As a teenager I had a `40 Ford two door. It was lowered in the back with long spring shackles, didn't need a spreader, just a jack. Junkyard transmissions were $20, but money was scarce, so we took two transmissions and made one. It lasted the weekend... But on the other hand it would be a good opportunity to do some cleaning and painting on the engine and engine compartment. Shadetree __________________ Son, you will never blow an engine up in high gear.