Put a sawhorse with a chain hoist over the rear hatch and lower the engine
itself or engine/transmission to the ground, then drop the transmission
nose with any old jack. Doesn't matter if the car is running or not. On a
water boxer unless you can lift pretty high you will have to remove the oil
tower and the coolant manifold before doing this. Diesel no problem. Then
slide it out on a piece of carpet or, again if you don't need the
clearance, on a flat dolly.

Jim

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 4:43 PM David Bohannan <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm an advocate of lifting the whole body, using a transmission jack to
> take out one piece at a time... this made light work of removing and
> reinstalling an engine for me recently...
>
> I stupidly used the stock jack to lift one side at a time and slid a ramp
> under each wheel. I won't do that again... worked, but that's because my
> engine was half undressed already and I couldn't drive on to ramps...
>
> Dave
>
> > On Apr 30, 2017, at 2:06 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >
> >> On 29 Apr , 2017, at 8:06 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> >>
> >> Get a compatible jack and one of these:
> >> http://www.harborfreight.com/steel-floor-jack-cross-beam-60762.html
> >
> >        Have that Combo & is Very Handy for lifting the Whole Rear or
> Front in 1 Move ~
> >
> > Comes in Very Handy for getting a Dead Van Up to put Ramps or JackStands
> Under ~
>