Craig,
When I removed the WBX from my van, I used a chain, a floor jack,
and some scrap lumber to make a "hoist". Maybe something like
this would help you:

<http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/WBXremoval/boxer_hoist.jpg>

Steve

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At 09:10 AM 8/17/2004, you wrote:

>Hans, thanks for the advice.  Also, thanks to Robert Fisher and Zoran
>Mladen for their advice on this.   I get really motivated when people
>try to help me.  It's sometimes a bummer at night to not get the job
>accomplished.  However, it's really uplifting to come into my day-job,
>pop open my email and see the encouragement from people.   awesome.
>
>Right now, I have the engine supported by straps connected to a 2x4
>hung above the engine on the engine bay.  It's not too easy for me to
>lower the engine for adjustment.
>
>I do have a second small automobile hydraulic jack that may work if I
>put lots of wood bricks under it.  Right now, I have the van too high
>for the smaller jack to reach under the engine and support it.
>
>Robert's idea of jacking up one edge of the transmission to rotate the
>level of the two mounting holes is appealing.   Is there a good jack
>point where I can put the secondary jack on to raise and lower only
>one side of the automatic transmission?  I'm thinking of maybe putting
>a piece of sheet metal on one of the  CV joint bolts and try to use
>that as leverage to lift up one side of the trans.  Not sure if this
>will work, though.  I don't have the tranny in front of me now.   Like
>Robert, I seem to be able to consistently get one of the two lower
>mounting studs lined up with one hole on the transmission housing.  I
>just can't line up second hole.  Yet..  It seems tantalizingly close.
>Once I get that second stud on, I think it will be a relative piece of
>cake to bolt the tranny and engine together and attach the front
>tranny to the frame.
>
>Thanks to the warm encouragement from the people on the list, I'll
>probably go home tonight and try to lower the engine a bit and/or
>figure out some way to use a secondary jack to raise/lower one edge of
>the transmission.
>
>Regards,
>Craig