Ok, I'm about 15 days out of doing a clutch and tranny replacement on m '93 850. I've done all manner of trannies before, front, rear, and awd... However... Looking at the placement of hte tranny on this thing, it looks as if the right half (driver side) of the engine/tranny has to be lowered for the trans to get through the wheel well. I have a cherry picker and auto leveler, but when you drop one side of the leveler, the other side goes up... not good. Does anyone who has done one of these have any tips, trick, rig plans or ideas that they could share? I'm one of those guy that wants to know that something will work for sure before I get started.
Thanks!

Andrew W.
isparky19@yahoo.com

good luck without a hoist and a trans jack... on 850's the front subframe has to be lowered enough for the engine to be angled down and then the trans removed out of the space between the chassis and the (now lowered) subframe.
not easy. the m56 is a heavy gearbox as well...
steve.

I'm actually planning on removing the entire subframe. I figure that I would like as much room as I can get. I HAVE a trans jack and a hoist... but I'm wondering about the holding it from above. I went to the local dealer and they have these two bars that sit across the engine bay. One holds the front of the engine, the other the back and lowers the back when needed, without moving the whole engine up and down like a hoist would. I'm wondering if anyone out there has made one of these rigs or what they've done to get it out without it.

Andrew