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Hello- > I have done it that way too, but I have found, that by yourself, it is > hard to balance the whole unit. True, I forgot to mention that. It's definately a 2-person job, but one that I've found that can be completed with a minimum of cursing :-). Maybe it's just my luck, but it seems like even with 2 people this way always involved less cursing and frustration... it seems more straightforward. <shrug> > IMHO, for the person that doesn't do it often, pull the engine by > itself, if it is just the engine you are pulling. > One thing to remember, is that a lot of people do not have professional > floor jacks and transmission jacks to support the engine and tranny as a > unit. A big piece of plywood and a pair of hydraulic jacks (one big at the rear for the engine and one small helper at the front for the tranny nose) is all I've needed. Basically, you use the helper so you can lower the nose-end in a civilized way, then lower the rear jack all the way so the piece of plywood is resting across the whole jack (not just the pad), at which time you get rid of the helper jack and pull the mess out. YMMV :-) Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.lnengineering.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org