wrenching on your car in crappy weather

When I was 17 I bought a 68 Charger R/T out of a junk yard for $200 because it had a blown transmission and I had a new one at home. We lived in a small farming town that had gravel streets. We were determined to R&R that tranny that night, so a friend and I got after it with a bumper jack and some cinder blocks. I couldn't even find a piece of cardboard to lay on the gravel! The header bolts were absolutely stuck, so we had to twist and turn the damned tranny every which way to get it out (dropped it onto an old tire) and then had to do the bench press thing to get the new one in. We were out there all night, and I was covered in tranny fluid the next morning, but we got it in! Sad thing is I had to give the car back 3 months later because it turned out to be stolen in another state. :mumum: