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I have finally acquired an engine and transmission for my car and am very excited to get those puppies in. I did a search and based on your recommendations I will join the engine and transmission before installing it. I have installed a VW rabbit engine with tranny before and that worked well. But here is my question. I once tried install an engine to an already installed transmission on a VW beetle. When doing so, I got the engine in mostly but couldn't get it to seat. THEN I tried getting the engine back out and couldn't. I got it about 1-2 inches from the tranny and from there it was stuck. I gave up and traded the bug for a set of skiis. NOT wanting to do this to the substantially more expensive porsche engine, could you suggest to me what I screwed up before and how to avoid it? Thanks!