101 Projects Question

[andycook]

Does the 101 book cover dropping the engine and transaxle as a single unit?

[BoyTarga]

Do a search on engine drops here on the board and you will get all the support you could possibly need for an engine only or combo drop.

[kstylianos]

No. The book discusses dropping the engine only, leaving the tranny in the car. IMHO harder than dropping the engine/tranny as a unit. Dropping the tranny also give you the opportunity to give it a good lookover and trying to mate the engine with the tranny is the car is a BEAR.

[sammyg2]

My personal experience is that dropping the engine by itself is easier, but installing the engine by itself is much harder. I found that lining everything up and getting the clutch fork in the right place can be a real pain, pulling the starter to look through the hole makes it easier.

The consensus of the board says to drop them together and seperate them afterwards.

[andycook]

Thanks guys,
I guess I will pull them together. I have never had the chance to inspect my transaxle, so now will be a good time. I'll try a search and see what I come up with.