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Originally Posted by firehawk618
Get some kind of bar ABOVE the engine to support it.
That way when you're wrestling the transmission from under the car you don't have to worry about the engine falling off the blocks, jack, whatever you have holding it up.
Do NOT force the transmission onto the engine. If it doesn't slide all the way onto the engine you are doing it wrong.
I will say if you get the transmission all the way onto the engine except ~1/4" all the way around you are doing ok. At that point you can use 2 transmission bolts to gently guide it in.
The dreaded ****** pin* is way over rated. The proper size punch will drive it out very easily.
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I just started working on the car as of yesterday and I've gotten as far as removing both half-shafts from each side.
Incidentally, I just happen to have a thick piece of lumber from another project that's long enough to reach across the engine bay and that should be sturdy enough to support the weight of the engine. My only question now is where I should hook my chains up to the engine.
There's this guy on Youtube who does a pretty decent tutorial, with exception that he's suspending one part of the engine to the distributor. Frankly, I don't like that idea, whereas I'd rather not create additional work for myself if something were to go wrong.
Up to this point, I've been reading tech manuals and watching videos on youtube