Todd - Simple question, a pain in the butt answer... I would guess that you are hanging up on the input shaft to the gearbox. This shaft runs from the pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft, through the clutch, and is splined into the primary shaft of the gearbox. You have a couple of choices - bolt the engine and gearbox back together and take them out as a unit, remove the rear fascia to get enough room to clear the input shaft, or try to move the gearbox forward enough to clear the shaft. Personally, I think your best choice is to bolt the two back together and pull the whole works. Sometimes when cars have been bolted together this long, the shaft can get bound up in the pilot bearing and be a real bear to separate in the car. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Vin 5386 [mailto:delorean_stainless@xxxx] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:02 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] question on pulling an engine, HELP! Simple question for everyone expierenced in pulling an engine, humor me please. I have unbolted my engine from the trans this includes all 4 engine to trans mounting bolts and the 3 bolts for the starter. all hoses are discnnected. but what I'm running into is that I seem to be hanging up. the engine wont pull free from the trans body. can this be related to the clutch and throw off bearing? I think I missed a step in here. can anyone help? the engine is loose it's about an inch or less away from the trans at this point. Todd Vin5386 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderator@xxxx To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/