[donraye]

I know this has probably been discussed lots of time but I still would like some feedback before I attempt it. I'm about to pull my 351 Windsor out and have had some say that doing it with the tranny (T-5) on would be easier than taking the tranny off from under the car. Others say the exact opposite.
I would like to hear from some people who have ACTUALLY done it one or both ways.
I am leaning towards pulling the tranny first but there is something to be said about how much easier that would be if it were done with the engine out instead of from under the car.
Seems like if I rent a transmission dolly of some kind (I have a couple of regular jacks plus a small one) that it would be easy to just drop the driveshaft and unbolt everthing and slide/pull the tranny straight back. then pull the engine.
Also: I was going to pull the engine from the side not the front as it seems better to me (if the tranny is off it), and I have more room in my garage to do it that way than from the front. Why do it from the front since I can get the hoist a lot closer to the engine form the side than to reach way back to it from the front with the boom a lot further extended?
Any commnets on side pull vs. front? Who has done it and which way?
Thanks, Don