Knowing what I know now, on the assumption that you have a lift and a transmission jack, I'd put the engine in first and then the trans when doing an automatic. For some reason pulling them out together is not such a big deal, probably because you are not trying to line things up at the same time. Dave - when you guys did this, did you have the crossover pipe in place? Dave S --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@...> wrote: > > I put my engine and manual trans in as a unit, and convinced Dan > Plakosh that this would be the easiest route for his engine and auto > trans install. I was wrong... It's tricky. > > You're definitely going to need a 'tilter', which is a bar-and- crank > assembly that allows you to tilt the whole assembly easily while on > the hoist. You're going to have to REALLY tilt it to get it in > there... getting close to vertical at times. > > It will certainly help to have a second person there as well. > > -Dave > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/