Well, I searched far and wide for a how to on this and found nothing. Use this information at your own risk. I am not responsible for your actions or results after viewing this how-to. Feel free to repost, or save these pictures, but please do not edit-out my tags in the photos. This will be an ongoing "How To" that I will update as I go. At this point, I am waiting on some other parts to arrive. Feel free to discuss or ask questions on anything. Some of my terminology or labeling may be off, but you get the idea. These steps may or may not be as 'the book' says.
EDIT: I see one of the mods has edited my title. spank It was not my intentions to not have people able to post and ask questions. So do not think that the title is my doing... adminpower:
First off, I'll say that I'm on an extremely tight budget. So you will not see any Snap-On tools, Transmission dynos, or Epoxy coated shop floors here. This build is taking place on a second story apartment balcony smaller than most bathrooms, with nothing but basic hand tools, and some innovation. Take that for what you will.
The first few photos will show the GMAX-5 kit with TRANSGO, my workspace, my stand, and my tools (or lack thereof). Again, this isn't fancy, but I do what needs to be done to get by. I bought the engine stand for 40$ from a local china-made-tool-surplus store. The drip pan below it was purchased from walmart for a few dollars. I had seen people have machine shops fab up a bracket for the PTO cover, but I simply did not have the extra money to do such a thing. Instead, I removed the ears off the engine stand's cradle, and used the flat plate as what would become my Allison mount. If you lay it out as I did, you will only have to drill 4 holes. The other bolts will fit into the slots already cut in the mount. I did however have to cut the bottom 2" off the mount to get it to fit onto the transmission housing. Let me say that I would not recommend cutting the 6" long, 1/4" plate steel with a hacksaw! It took the better part of 2 hours. Longer bolts can be had at the hardware store for about 3$.
As you can see the stand works quite well. Being able to rotate the tranny around makes it great to work on. I tipped it up on end, as shown and let it sit overnight to drain the majority of fluid.
Once you pull the pan (13mm I believe) and external filter off, you will have this staring you in the face...
At which time, go ahead and remove the internal filter by simply pulling, and you will uncover the valve body.
EDIT: I see one of the mods has edited my title. spank It was not my intentions to not have people able to post and ask questions. So do not think that the title is my doing... adminpower:
First off, I'll say that I'm on an extremely tight budget. So you will not see any Snap-On tools, Transmission dynos, or Epoxy coated shop floors here. This build is taking place on a second story apartment balcony smaller than most bathrooms, with nothing but basic hand tools, and some innovation. Take that for what you will.
The first few photos will show the GMAX-5 kit with TRANSGO, my workspace, my stand, and my tools (or lack thereof). Again, this isn't fancy, but I do what needs to be done to get by. I bought the engine stand for 40$ from a local china-made-tool-surplus store. The drip pan below it was purchased from walmart for a few dollars. I had seen people have machine shops fab up a bracket for the PTO cover, but I simply did not have the extra money to do such a thing. Instead, I removed the ears off the engine stand's cradle, and used the flat plate as what would become my Allison mount. If you lay it out as I did, you will only have to drill 4 holes. The other bolts will fit into the slots already cut in the mount. I did however have to cut the bottom 2" off the mount to get it to fit onto the transmission housing. Let me say that I would not recommend cutting the 6" long, 1/4" plate steel with a hacksaw! It took the better part of 2 hours. Longer bolts can be had at the hardware store for about 3$.
As you can see the stand works quite well. Being able to rotate the tranny around makes it great to work on. I tipped it up on end, as shown and let it sit overnight to drain the majority of fluid.
Once you pull the pan (13mm I believe) and external filter off, you will have this staring you in the face...
At which time, go ahead and remove the internal filter by simply pulling, and you will uncover the valve body.