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The HF 5th gear is 0.694 versus my old 0.771. If I did a lot of city driving, I'd want only the HF 5th.

I supported the trans with a floor jack and the engine with an engine hoist. Once I had the mounts, axles, linkage, and other stuff disconnected from the trans, I pulled it away from the engine and lowered it with the jack. I had to disconnect both lower ball joints and unbolt the radius rod on the right side of the car to get the trans out. The floor jack in the picture is there because the hoist won't stay up for very long.

Getting the "new" trans on was a bit difficult. Mostly because I had a hard time getting it lined up so the trans input shaft would go straight into the clutch. Then it suddenly just went right in. I used a couple of trans-to-engine bolts with the heads cut off as alignment pins, that helped a lot!

There were a few times I wondered if pulling the engine and trans out together would've been easier.