Saturday morning, Aug. 20, good progress was made in the first steps of removing the engine and transmission.
Thanks to Randall Hayes, we were able to borrow a good jack and two of his good jack stands. I already had two medium sized stands. Randall also lent a good-lookin' engine hoist.
The car was raised as high as the jack would go, which gave about 12 inches of clearance, and the stands were placed.
Unfortunately we do not have a dolly/creeper yet, so I got to scoot and slide on a blue tarp under the car, which was not too bad until the grit and transmission oil made things a great mess in no time.
Either way, within a couple of hours the driveshaft was removed, a majority of the transmission fluid drained into pans, the transmission oil pan was removed to drain the rest of the oil, the automatic transmission lever was disconnected from the trans, the speedometer cable was removed, the battery was removed and the starter was disconnected and backed out of the engine.
By this point - it was about 96 degrees outside - I was about as nasty as I wanted to get on a Saturday morning, so I cleaned up everything the best I could and called it a day.
Hopefully in our next attempt we can complete the removal of the transmission and engine.
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