Dont do this at home (I didnt do it at home, it did it at family-in-law).

Took the engine down on 2 wooden pallets.

Realized that I had a problem,had to rise van high.

So in with some slabs of concrete, build some plateaus for the jacks,
and use 2 standard VW jacks to rise the van high.

IT went well, pulled the engine+gearbox out.

Then when I lowered the van, I lowered it too much in one side (5-10
cm or so), and went to the other side.

When I startede lowering there, it creaked and cracked, fell down in
one side - we used the tractor to lower the car fully.

The spindle in the jack that had held the weight had just snapped....

Dont do this at home....
http://www.zorck.dk/Caravelle/vwdont.jpg