icanfixall
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Buying a rebuilt trans depends on who built it. Are they any good at doing this work. If they sound good and can prove it then think about getting your truck high enough for the trans to fit with the trans jack. I did this E4OD trans removel and installation and its a tuff one man job... You must have 29 or 30 inches of clearance for the trans and jack to fit under the truck..... Now nobody makes a floor jack that will lift your truck that far... Most will only lift 17 inches... So now what are you going to do... Put blocks under the tires... Ok... Now how are you going to build a platform under the floor jack to lift the already 17 inch high truck another 13 inches...... Now don't get the truck too high or the trans jack wont be able to reach the engine adapter plate.... Yeah.... I had more issues than you could think up doing the trns swap alone... Brian at BTS told me they just lift the back of the truck and roll the trans in from that end..... He said the engine is almost at the correct angle to bolt up the new trans.... Wish I knew all tht before I did my job..... Will I do another trans job.... Nope.... Once in a lifetime is enough... PS... No way can any of us on this board press lift an E4OD trans off our chests to the engine... They weigh right at 300 lbs.... Be careful under the rig.... 300 lbs can and will hurt you very easily... Be sure you support the engine by the edge of the oil pan. The weight of the engine will be too much for the bottom of the pan to support and the engine motor mounts shouldn't be used to support the twisting weight either. A small bottle jack works fine on some blocks of wood. You have the ability to raise or lower the engine that way... Or a sizzor jack or screw jack.....