Yes.  I wrote a message that I put 7-8 inches of blocks under the tranny.
Well, that is good provided that the car is not higher than one wheel just
barely off the ground.  With the winch system when I lower the engine to the
ground onto the drip pan that I pull out from under the car with a thin rope
attached to it, that is enough.
If one does all kind of other things that are more difficult and much more
trouble, you would need to improvise to accomodate that.  That's why I
designed the most simpleist, fastest and easiest way.  And I would do it
this way even if I had a car hoist.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Guzyk" <paullist08@GUZYK.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: Almost ready to pull 2.1--questions

> 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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