A/C When Pulling The Motor

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Originally Posted by DirtyLarry

l Pull the engine over the rad support then it will take you about 10 minutes to drop the trans down by itself. That is my method.....Cleaner that way.

Got ya....

I guess the main reason I wanted to leave the trans connected is how much easier it is to take it apart after they are pulled out together; and, to get the "click-click-click" correctly lined up,
and then bolted up, while the trans and "new" engine are sitting separately on blocks on the floor of the garage before they go back in.

I think there's a strong possibility my previously "new", and now leaking, rear main was caused by stabbing the trans in when the trans and engine were trying to mate from underneath
one of the two times I had the trans out for leaks before I drove ten feet. Or, maybe the time we pulled the motor separately from the trans (a couple of days later) to change out those freeze plugs...
...even with two guys down there and both of us being very careful.

So, you'd say the best drill is to loosen the trans/engine where they mate to the back of the block....Is that *after* draining the trans, dropping the tranny cross member, unbolting the torque
converter from the flex plate, and pulling the driveshaft?......Then cherry-picking the engine by itself (obviously after disconnecting everything, including the motor mount bolts) ?

Doesn't that create some possible "hanging" up that might be rough on that rear main seal?...And the same on the way back in?

Probably a (some) stupid question(s).....Ones I thought I would completely avoid by pulling the engine and trans together...And I think that works room-wise with the trans attached without pulling
the radiator, (electric) fans, core support, and misc A/C components (dryer, lines, and condenser). That is, if I pull the accessories and serp brackets and goodies.

I guess I'm just afraid of going at the tranny in a Fred Flinstone gorilla method and breaking or scoring seals..or something...coming out. Or, even worse, when it's going back in.

And, thanks for the advice on the 134a......I thought it might be made of rose-pedal scent or something non-ozone killing. I'll take proper action.