RE: motor removal

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@domain.elided>]

> I have come up with a slight problem in the removal of the motor on my 74
> spider.  I am removing the motor only, or at least trying to.  What
happens
> is that coming forward the pan hits on the sway bar.  The question is,
should
> I remove the sway bar or the pan?  Got to be easier to remove the sway bar
> and while I am at it replace all the bushings with nice new ones from Alfa
> Bill.  But will I still have enough clearance to remove the motor with out
> screwing anything up?  I know I should take the trans out with the motor
as a
> unit but since the trans was rebuilt just recently I thought what the heck
> how hard can this be?  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in
advance.

drop the swaybar.  while you're at it, remove the steering linkage (the one
that connects the left and right tie rods), otherwise the flywheel will hang
up on it.

have fun,

bs

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