My shop manual says: "raise the engine, clutch and transmission from the chassis as a unit." I did it that way but would remove the tranny next time.
Engine removal w/tranny attached. I installed the new 261 w/o tranny attached. Hood fits better now using the "au contraire" approach than it did before the engine swap.
The shop manual also says to mount the engine on a stand with the tranny attached. What kind of engine stands did they use??