Take That Engine Out!
The engine is out! Combination of jacking the transmission and removing the engine mounts from the frame and it came out relatively easy. Jeff and Mike helped. That sucker’s heavy.
This is where the lift needs to go, where I neatly piled all my parts
Actually we ended up putting the hoist around the front right tire (after moving all those parts). We tried removing the tire but the jack was already supporting the engine so we couldn’t lift the car. Neighbor Mike went to get his jack and while he was gone we worked on loosening the lug nuts. Instead of loosening, the whole tire would twist, so we just turned the wheel to the left to give us the room we needed.
Take that El Guapo!
Excuse me, have you seen my engine?
At this point the transmission was only supported by the jack and the mounts near the driveshaft. I’ll remove the center console and support it from within the car with a pipe and a ratchet strap like I did when I changed the clutch (400 miles ago).
Here it is! That clutch sure looks good.