Harbor Freight Tools transmission jack

Hi, Dne’ here with another blog!  As a DIY’er, I need to do things as cheaply as possible, however I’d rather use the descriptive phrase of “lesser expensive” vs than the word cheaply! 😉  I needed a tranny jack to remove a transmission from a 73 Chevy Impala~ omg! that was a harrowing experience! The HF tranny jack did the job but was a little scary at the greatest height, but I wasn’t going to pay a lot for something I’m rarely going to use!  Of course I didn’t have the car this high to remove the transmission from that monstrosity of an automobile! 😉

Hey, notice My Little Mule holding up that enormous hood? Let’s see you get that off the car by yourself! Every DIY’er needs My Little Mule!;)

However, it saved the day again! I didn’t think I’d ever need this jack again!  I needed to pull the gas tank from my 59 Chevy truck. In order to access the underneath of the wood bed I’m fixing to install, the tank has to come down!:(  So I thought my Little Mule would do the trick, but no room to get it into position! So, beneath my workbench is where I keep this little Tranny jack, so, have nothing to lose, so give it a try!

OK, I give! I could have put the truck back on the Maxjax and lowered it down, but I got a little lazy! In case you don’t know about a Maxjax lift, please look under My Recommendations and click on the MaxJax lift. The MaxJax is a portable car lift and is wonderful! Check it out!

If you were to buy this transmission jack from HF, be sure to lubricate the pivot points and the “allthread” that makes it go up and down, and I suggest, Do NOT use an air impact to lower it up and down! A 1/2″ air ratchet might be OK, but I don’t have an air ratchet~ yet? 🙂  I just used a 1/2″ ratchet with an extension.

Now some macho man could have gotten under the truck and brought it down. But in order to unbolt it and then lower it down by myself? ha! I’m smarter than that, and I do work alone unless I really need my husband Gary to help me. Brains over brawn, right!;)  The gas tank pictured isn’t all that heavy, it’s just large and I certainly wouldn’t want to damage my little body!

Now with the tranmission jack in the lowest position, I was able to roll the gas tank to a out of the way spot in my ever seemingly small garage!

I hope this was a little informative. Please subscribe to my Classic Cars and Tools to get updates! 😉 Dne’