On the Vanagons trans removal with the engine in place is the easiest. You
just need to slightly support the engine as the tranny is lowered. Same for
Syncros. Both my 87's have never had the engine out.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Beierl
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 10:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?

At 07:21 PM 11/21/2010  -0800, neil n wrote:
>Personally, I would only remove the engine if that's the goal. I don't
>enjoy removing the CV bolts if its not needed.

Actually the major goal is the transmission.  One manual (Millee's
Sally) and one automatic (mine).  I've had engines out before, but
not transmissions.  But it just seems such an attractive idea to take
them as a unit, do the separation and re-mating out in the open,
replace Sally's water pump that has just a touch of play at the
sheave...I've got ramps and stands and a jack with ~19" lift.

Yrs,
d