[Pman1961]

Thanks Dana E. Engine is sitting in place. My brother and I fooled with it quite a long time. I thought I may have gotten my mounts mixed up and ended up pulling parts off, turning them 180 degrees, swapping parts from right to left and left to right, etc. to see what appeared to be the correct setup. I then phoned a local Cobra Buddy Brian to discuss and he brought his car out to compare. Turned out the original orientation of parts were correct but I just wanted to be sure. The allen hex to remove the driveshaft was 10mm so I puchased a set from Sears and now the driveshaft is off. You and I had the same idea using some tie-downs to create a cradle for the transmission and lift with the hoist. Looks like it will work great. Back to the engine hoist, mine only has casters in the rear. Lowering the motor with the bellhousing in place I had to lower straight down as low as I could go and then just took a piece of a 2x10 and hit the fixed wheel location of the engine hoist to scoot it back so that the motor mounts would align with the frame. Side approach with the hoist. Worked out fine and not really a big deal. Casters on all four wheels of a engine hoist seems like it would be ideal but then again it may want to walk on you. Anyhow, appreciate your comments. Now I just need to figure if one evening this week or Saturday I can round up a few hands to drop the tranny in. Should work out fine and I'll post to let all know. Car has been down for 6 months. I'm ready to get this car back on the road!!