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Has anyone personally replaced a Tranny on a 2001 Mazda MPV ?
Has anyone personally replaced a Tranny on a 2001 Mazda MPV ? I wish to do the work myself , having never done anything like this before. How easy is it ?
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The first thing you need is tooling to support the engine and transaxle from above while you remove the cradle. (engine and transaxle mounts) . This is done with an engine holding fixture like this one. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/otc-4324/overview/
There are a lot of different versions of these and while that all are universal to a point, every once in a while you will come across a vehicle that you may need a different one for some unexpected reason.
Then you need a transmission jack of some type because an automatic transaxle is way to heavy to take out and reinstall by hand. Which of course leads to the problem of getting the car high enough in the air to do the job since everything comes out the bottom. You will need the car at least three feet in the air, allowing for the height of the transmission sitting on the transmission jack. It can be done with less, but you might be faced with getting the transmission on/off the jack while it is underneath the car.