If you take both out, you can more easily clean the transmission and the chaise around it.

I have only done one drop and that was with the transmission, so I can't give you a recommendation based on that....

It is important to remember that if you drop the engine separately and decide the trans should come it's not too late. You can still remove the trans.

Does the anti-sway bar need to be moved out of the way to pull the tranny out?

yes it does.

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Its not difficult to remove

A question that kinda goes along with this thread; Do you have to remove the little arm off of the clutch release shaft to get the throwout arm to clear the bearing?

I am 99% ready to lower the engine/tranny from my 69S. I hope I can control the jack enough to lower it a little bit then pull it back, then lower it some more and then pull it back more. Sometime when I lower the jack it comes down faster than I expect!!!!!!

yes, to seperate the engine from the tranny you need to remove the clutch lever arm.

Thanks, Sammy. I removed it when I installed mine, but was unsure if it was necessary.

Once the engine/tranny are out how can I position it so it is stable and I can start to tear it down? Can I leave it on the jack?

I think most put them down on the heat exchangers with some 2x4s under them.
I made myself a little trolly that supported the engine under the mid seam and with supports (just for balance) under the heat-x.

If you do that how do you work on the bottom of the engine?

I stripped the top of mine then mounted it on an engine stand. Much easier to work on with the ability to flip.

Then you use your engine stand :)

If the fuel system (and fuel) is removed along with any oil, you can sit the engine on the flywheel. You could even flip the engine upside down and work on it if you remove any crushable components from the topside (e.g. engine shroud).

Sherwood

I can't imagine stripping an engine by flipping it on the floor. Then there is reassembly. Can you retime an engine and torque the cam nuts on the floor? I'm sure it has been done but I don't want to.

How do you do it?

How does one move the engine from the jack to the engiine stand?

Imagine the engine assy. on a bench, then imagine standing the engine on the flywheel end or bottom to work on it. That's how I did it with my limited work space augmented by a rotating bearing assy supporting it underneath. If it can be done on a bench, it can be done on the floor - whatever works. BTW, the only assy. procedures under the engine I can think of include installing the oil drain tubes and the sump plate, and for these operations, the engine can sit on the flywheel end.

You can work on an engine at any convenient working height be that on the ground, bench level or .....? However, if you feel most comfortable working with an engine stand, then that's the way you'll go. But it's not the only way.

Sherwood