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Originally posted by tour96se:

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Originally posted by warmonger:

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Just FYI for you folks pulling engines:

1.) Pulling through the top is superior due to leaving the subframe and rack and pinion alone! No realignment necessary and no broken bolts there! It is also easy because you only need a cherry picker, not a lift.

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... you dont need a lift to drop it out the bottom, i used a engine lift to lower it down onto a couple of creepers,made sure the jackstands had the car high enough and than once the engine and subframe were dropped i just pulled the engine/subframe out from underneath the car..pretty easy,instal. was obv the opposite

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Well, in my opinion that is just way too hard!!!! What kind of jack system did you use to lift it back up? If you used an above hoist to do it then it really seems like added work.

You do realize you have to realign the car right afterwards right? You have added reconneting the steering system as well? Of course, you don't need to undo the PS system but that is a whole two more minutes and a couple of baggy's with rubber bands.

Granted, if you have a lift for the car, then this method would be downright EASY, and would be the only way I recommended doing it!! But, at home with just jack stands it becomes the less desirable of the two options.
Again, IMHO.