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Its not that hard....but definitely not 'easy' work. There will be many bruises scrapes and in my case a lot of cussing. Give yourself plenty of TIME!!! For example, to remove part A, disconnect bolt a,b and remove. Sounds easy right? Scope it first, somebody neglected to mention that bolt a location was designed by a sadistic bastard with too much time on his hands. Add in a little rust and you've got one hell of a job ahed of you. And you'd be amazed how much time you'll spend trying to get those really rusted bolts loose. Next and very important. TECH IS GOOD!! I did the whole procedure via the tech articles here. Read them, study them, get the right tools before hand. Not just the engine removal tech. It is a little vague in areas (as it was meant to be)..but I guarantee you there is another tech article that covers that area. IE drop transmission...go refer to the clutch replacement FAQ that covers it in agonizing detail. Next, get the right equipment. The transmission has a mind of its own, a proper jack really helps. Get our your Stanley Tape measure and USE IT!! Add up the height of the jack, the height of the tranny, and then look at how far your puny jackstands raise the car. What I wound up doing was putting several sheets of cardboard under the car, dropping the tranny down, wrestling it off the jack (while under the car) and then dragging it out on the cardboard.
And Please make sure you have enough overhead clearance for the hoist and the engine. Have plenty of rag, cardboard, and something to soak up fluids handy (ie cat litter). This is one messy ass job and no matter how hard I tried to be neat about it, I still got oil and coolant everywhere. Bag and label everything. If you think you can keep track of it all, go ahead Einstein but dont come crying to me later. Find a friend with a car you can use as a template when putting everything back together for proper hose routing etc. Or get a nice digital camera and use it extensively. Just because you can remember the way that harness was routed an hour from now doesn't mean you'll remember in a month when you get your engine back together. Be SAFE, you only have one life and its best to keep it. You'll spend MUCH time under the car. I used 4 very hefty jack stands and 4 ramps for added precaution. last but not least. Decent tools and PB Blaster. Blaster is available at NAPA and is the shit.
Decent tools will make your life much easier. The best thing I did was buy a 18 inch breaker bar, and the necessary adapters to fit that 1/2" dude all the way down to 1/4" sockets! Again, by pre-reading all the tech articles you will know when you'll need special extensions, what size wrenches, crowfeet, swivels, etc.
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