the passenger side axle is easy to pull off. then, you can pop the driver's side out from the passenger side, through the diff. you must do it in this order as the driver's side is a bear. it was our first time pulling the motor and we did it in one evening, few hours. a friend will definitely be a good idea. take is sloow when coming out. i remember we had to do some slight shifting of the motor to clear some stuff. watch out for the AC pump. it might snag and tweak the ac hard line. oh yeah, the lovely 2.5 has only one "hook" to connect the chain/strap to. grab some bolts to thread into the motor so you can connect the chain to it.