Doesn't take a whole lot of tools. If you can rent a cherry picker, you can do it in the driveway with a minimum of tools. .
I used a motorcycle jack under the oilpan. It's working well but I think I need to shim in a bit so I can lift the engine really high to get the axles out. I bought a Snap-On triple square for 34 bucks and it is great. I would have destroyed a couple Lisle triple squares on each bolt otherwise. They were on something fierce. Using ramps has bit me in the rear a couple times so I won't be doing that again. Having to lift the wheels off of the ramps to turn the axle bolts into position 3 times per wheel isn't fun.Picking up an AGS tomorrow. My brother has an AOP in his '89 NA (same as AGS but AOP is newer) and I really like it. It has two overdrives so it will be like a 6 speed AWY Steve
I'll love it if I can ever get it into the car. Man, I bet half the engineers at VW are used to make unnecessary wear parts. I soooo should have paid the shop to reseal the transmission as all he wanted was 60 bucks plus parts to do it. These flanges are ridiculous, the snap rings without holes are ridiculous, and the puck seals are just downright stupid because the axles should be push in jobs like all other companies make. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: This is the last major repair I am going to do on this car. From now on I will pay up because I've got over 100 bucks in special tools just to work on the gearbox and could use a few more tools to finish the job.Steve