98% done on trans drop. Last 2" killing me!

[TVeye]

Tilting the motor back helps alot. I put a bottle jack under the block, in front just ahead of the pan.

It can be pushed up til the distro almost hits the firewall ( thus the suggestion to take off the distro cap.)

[Roverguy]

Wondering if my motor mounts are toast as there's barely any room between the pan and the cross member?

 

That may be impact the amount I can tilt the motor?

[Adamha]

You can loosen the motor mounts a bit to gain a little tilt room. But watch your dizzy......ask me how I know. The motor tilt helped me as I remember.

[Dug Nichols]

I ran into similar issue and what helped me was to put a jack under the front of the motor and jack it up to the point where the dizzy (cap off) was almost on the firewall. (loosen motor mounts!)

 

 

[flagoworld]

Before I just pulled my motor instead I searched the forums a lot because I needed to change my clutch... I vividly remember numerous people saying that the trick is to jack up the motor a few inches by putting a block of wood under the pan and using a floor jack.

[Roverguy]

In not going down the rabbit hole of pulling my motor.

  :-))  

[2002Scoob]

But boy does it make removing and installing the transmission easy.... I had my whole front subframe/motor out in about an hour, and back in within 30 minutes. 

[flagoworld]

Yesh. Itss really quick and easy!! It only SOUNDS daunting.

['76mintgrün'02]

... and then once you are in that rabbit hole, you can refresh all the bushings in the front sub frame, ball joints, steering linkage, struts, springs, engine mounts, weld reinforcement into the left mount bracket, paint everything... see what you'll be missing if you only pull the transmission?

[Roverguy]

Finally found  some time last night.

 

15 minutes tilting front of engine as far up as i could and a bit of wiggling and out she came!

 

Thanks for the support gang. 

 

Now i need to do the to brg and rear main seal.

 

So, I know Bluntech is the place for parts, trying to compare Rockauto Sachs clutch part no as its almost $70 less.

 

That's for another thread.

 

Thanks again!

[pierre²]

WoW !!!   That's a Clean Garage  I envy you. Late for the help but I remermber loosing the bolts frt subframe  to gain a precious  half inch tilting.

[Roverguy]

Thanks on the garage comment.  We did a major rehab of the house about 5 years ago, screened porch, kitchen, fireplace. 

About 3 mos after we finished my bride thought it would be nice to finish the garage; which was already paneled, insulated and heated, so we did the final finish,  I have no basement, so it's my workshop all year round.

 

She hasn't parked her car in the garage in 5 years!  And we live in New England; God bless her!

 

P.S. the 911 is gone, funded the 02 & more!