289 engine and 3 speed tranny removal

I believe that changing the 289 and 3 speed tranny for a 5.0 and T-5 will be the hardest items, so I decided to do tackle them first.

I baught a used engine hoist for $50 and after 8 hours of work (split over 3 days), I pulled the engine and tranny out. I took out the transmission first. This required these steps:

Transmission removal:
1. Disconnecting driveshaft from rear u-joint. Just four bolts.
2. Disconnecting speedometer cable. One bolt.
3. Unbolting tranny from engine bellhousing. Four bolts.
4. Disconnecting tranny crossmember. Four bolts.
5. Disconnect clutch Z-Bar connections to clutch fork.

I then played with the tranny for an interminable time, (about 40 minutes) trying to get it off the engine spline. Finally it pulled away.

Engine removal:
1. Drained radiator and pulled it off car
2. Removed battery
3. Removed hood.
4. Disconnect all electrical components and miscellaneous items like fuel lines
5. Unbolt engine mounts. Four bolts.
6. Unbolt headers from exhaust. 3 bolts at each side.
7. I then connected the engine lift to the engine. One bolt was available in the front of the engine, I used a head bolt for the other connection :)

Pulling out the engine was surprisingly easy and only took about 15 minutes to get it to its righttful resting place on a tire on the garage floor. This is probably going to be the easiest part of this whole project, hence my big smile.