well, I went for it...had a neighborhood kid that works for catapillar come down to help me pull the tranny...being the first time using the lift I soon realized after 5 down trips to think about all the things one needs to do when putting the car in the air...almost forgot to remove the distributor cap...doh...the jack was a miracle, don't know how you'd do it without one...took 3 hours including a brake and lunch...the lesson I learned today was either wear a hard hat or get about 50 pool noodles...I clocked my noggin 4 times, once I saw stars...put me on my knees...I saw what appears to be a new label on the tranny, looks newly rebuilt...gonna call the guy monday and ask him about the converter...been icing my back before heading out back to shut the shop down...gonna have that 5 ton a/c unit installed shortly...have any of you guys ever seen an a/c sock work...