Should I just pull engine/trans together as one?

[A Sucked Orange]

So I am looking at replacing the following:

Head gasket
cam seal
crank seal
rear main seal
timing belt
clutch
transfer case VC
right front axle
control arms

I guess my options are:

1) drop t-case alone, pull engine & tranny...

2) leave engine in, drop t-case, drop tranny...

[Dj Buttchug]

jus pull it. makes it way easier imo

[A Sucked Orange]

Thanks.

Will just drop everything on to dolly's and lift the car with a hoist.

[nomansland92]

ya i'd drop it.

[cozdzy]

is it easier than lifting, since I want to replace the motor?

[A Sucked Orange]

Ive done several engine pulls both ways and I am pretty much sold on the pull everything technique. It makes everything way easier... This time it'll be a drop though, since I dont have overhead room. I suspect it wont be too hard.

[Kershaw]

let me know how it goes.

[MattM]

im curious as to how this went as well, im going to be pulling an IX drivetrain in the next week.

[A Sucked Orange]

Went spectacularly easy. I might never pull anything up through the bay again.
Once I had everything prepared it took me about 10 minutes to have the whole drivetrain out and beside the car.

[MattM]

awesome, sounds like ill be giving this a shot, ive done lots out the top, but the added weight and difficulty of the front drive has me a little anxious to be suspending it above the body...

[tirefryer]

how high did you have to lift the front end of the car to pull the drivetrain out from under the car?

[A Sucked Orange]

However tall the engine is minus the manifold. I did it in a low garage.

[LuckyHenriksen]

That is how I pull all engine/trans combos. Especially nice when you are working with the added length/weight of the transfer case