to Corey and Jon: Another HUGE realization: You guys have to fight truly rusted-together hardware! (Spoiled California guy over here, with a California van. I am truly humbled!)
My hats off to all of you guys for the horrible jobs you have shared here. I can add pulling a 12 cylinder from my wifes Jag. That engine was smooth with the hood or the bonnet as they call it. Looking down in the vally of that engine you could see most of the sprk plug. The distributater was in the center of the valley.. Well under the fuel loop. That engine was designed to look nice but work on it.. Nope. Then there was the day I installed my idi engine and uplled it 5 times... ALONE.. I had a issue with the converter to crack spacer not fitting. It was size on size. In other words the two pieces had no clearance. I could not make up the trans to the bellhousing the last 3/8 inch so I used the bolts to draw it up. Then the crank would not turn. I had barely any force on the wrench doing this. In and out till I found the issue with a micrometer. A Makita grinder with a sanding roll opened up the fit so I had 1 1/2 thous clearance. The converter slipped in easy as.. Well you know what... Yeah... I have has issues. But nothing like what you guys are posting....
