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Hello, I posted earlier about a clutch that wouldn't disengage. 1990 2.5L 4 cylinder RWD. With a little help from this forum I got it working again (filled and bled clutch hydraulic fluid) and have determined (mostly) that the issue is a failing slave cylinder. There's a slow leak from the slave which is related somehow. I'd like to install a new clutch kit (including slave) and master cylinder, but the slave install requires me to remove the transmission. I'm not a mechanic, don't have a lift and only have a regular jack, not a transmission jack. I own basic tools including a standard / metric socket set, but no real specific car / truck tools. Is a regular jack with a board or something and a standard set of home tools sufficient to remove the transmission, install the kit and re-install the transmission? I read about passing some chains through the shifter housing to suspend the transmission from the truck. Apparently this in tandem with a rigged jack can do the trick. I don't have a lift, either, and am not sure there's enough clearance to even do what I need to do. Anyone done this before? I'd prefer to do it myself both for cost savings and to learn a bit, but not if it's near impossible or I'll risk seriously damaging something. Thanks in advance!

hey guys, Like many people on this forum i got to the junk yard a lot. No matter how well prepared i think i am it always turns out there is some tool or something which would have made my job 10x easier if I had thought to bring it. I figure as a group we have probably made excursions to junk yards hundreds if not thousands of times so who better to consult about a Junkyard tool kit than us? Here's some things I have learned from several frustrating "learning experiences" are good to have at the junk yard Tin snips (if you can't remove it correctly you can probably cut it out :yes: ) flashlight cheap poncho (if you think you can go to the JY without it raining; you're going to have a bad time!) gloves or rag to wipe ones hands with (greasy hands are not good for gripping tools) goggles (rust in eyes is not fun!) pry bar socket wrench & sockets (SAE, METRIC, DEEP, adapters, etc) locking pliers (when one of those "clips" breaks its about the only thing that works) Water (seriously guys stay hydrated!, i once saw a guy pass out in the heat of summer) 1/2" drive torx sockets (for those pesky seat belts!) these are things that I believe are worth the effort of carrying to the jeep section, which is inevitably the furthest point from the entrance... here are somethings I desire to add but just haven't yet: penetrating oil (missed out on a premo bench seat due to my inability to budge the rusted on bolts) hammer (a little brute force is never a bad thing (when you haven't paid for anything yet), though usually you can find some random part to apply that force) good set of wrenches(I have been looking for a cheap but durable set any suggestions?) Easy to carry box/bag for tools(I have a cheapy box i use currently but I think something easier to carry is more in order for the long walk, and mine keeps unlatching and spilling all the tools on the ground) so that's all i've got to contribute to the list. please share your tools of preference and maybe a story to go along with that suggestion! --- ps just thought of how cool a comancheclub toolbox would be :MJ 1: