That's the gist of it. It will clear as long as the muffler tin comes down with the engine. When the engine is down a few inches, double check you have removed all cooling lines, electrical wires, fuel lines etc. You don't want to stress any lines that you neglected to disconnect. Hold the (lowered) tranny up with a jackstand once you have the engine out. > >This seems to allow the engine enough room to miss the rear sheet metal >(looks like it's gonna be tight) as it clears the input shaft and then >lowers. |
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