We “Bolters” pull and reinstall engines by ourselves, all the time. I also have a ‘52 with a 235 and I just did it myself with the sheet metal on, so n my case I pulled the tranny first then the engine. If the sheet metal was off, I would pull them as a unit. Do yourself a favor and drop the rear tranny crossmember from the frame. It interferes with removing and reinstalling the rear tranny mount. I didn’t, and ended up having to loosen the rear engine mounts (after they were installed), and jacking up the transmission enough to reinstall the rear tranny mount. You’ll also be able to tilt the engine/tranny combo sooner to aide removal.
It is easier with a few buddies (leave the beer until the job is done) but if it’s just you, just take your time, have an Shop Manual to follow (or print out the pages needed) and double check your work, and you’ll be fine.
The video that DADS50 posted is excellent.
Last edited by Phak1; 12/05/2020 1:07 PM.
