Thanks for all the replies. The car is on dollies, so rolling it is sort of out of the question. These dollies don't roll too easy. This crane is a top of the line model (borrowed from my nephew), and rolls easy, at least right now it does. I was planning on placing a bottle jack under the tranny, and a block of wood between the tranny and the jack. Then using the jack and wood to support the tranny, I could concentrate on pulling the engine. I too plan on detailing the engine bay after the engine is out of the car. I also plan on changing the heads to Eddies, and changing out the cam, lifters, timing chain and gears, and replacing the water pump and timing cover, as well as the freeze plugs. Then I wanted to paint the block before it went back into the car. Sound good so far?