Volvo Amazon 122s Gearbox Installed! (And a new tool to test)

Holy crap! This has taken forever. All I wanted to do was change a bad U-joint. Then we might as well do all of them. Then we might as well change the pinion seal. And that transmission sure looks like it's leaking a lot... Then we break things. Find parts. Break AGAIN. Find more parts. Meet some fantastic people who have parts. Reassemble. Then we can put it all back together! Thanks for listening.
This time though we got it. I would also like to thank the folks at Saker for sending me their Quick Release Grease Gun Coupler Upgrade to try out on this project. It works well for clamping onto fittings but doesn't get into those tight spots on my tiny Volvo.

[@moldyapples]

Great to see you got her back on the road, persistence & perseverance pay!

[@Misunderstoodboygenius]

I’m tenacious

[@lunkanx7804]

Nice!

[@carrieburkart7017]

So, how long does it take to switch transmissions out of a Volvo Amazon? I bought a restored transmission but wanted to check the true labor time to replace it? My mechanic told me 5 hours?

[@Misunderstoodboygenius]

Pfft. After doing it a couple dozen times it’s like 30 minutes. That’s just the transmission though. If you want to do bell housing and all it can be a couple hours. It may be 5 hours book, but I’d ask to see the book because it sounds like he’s guessing.