Pulling the engine

[georryan]

Ok, so I need some advice. When I pulled the tranny in my brother's car, we left the engine in and it was all good, so I fugred when I'm pulling both, maybe I want to pull the tranny first.

I've been told recently that I should pull the engine first, and put it in last. Also, talking to Thawa, he was saying I should just pull them together, although I'm not sure I have the room in my garage for that.

Any suggestions?

[gt2.5turbo]

if you dont need to seperate them then pull them together... if you need to replace the engine id just pull the engine... if you need to do a clutch or flywheel or put in a new tranny i would just pull the tranny. Pulling them together is not that bad of a job but it def helps to have two people and the radiator pulled for a little more room to work with.

my .02

[georryan]

What if I'm doing all of the above?

[gt2.5turbo]

haha

well if your not replacing the tranny i would just leave it in there but if everything is coming out and new everything is going in just pull it as a whole it should save you some time since breaking the tranny and engine can be a bitch sometimes

[Matt Monson]

Drop it instead of pulling it! If the whole assembly is coming out, use the cherry picker to lift up the front of the chassis and a floor jack to lower the engine and tranny, with both crossmembers attached, onto a dolley...