I realy want to have the car driveable before winter, cuz Im getting tired of working at night in an unheated garage whens theres a foot of snow outside the door. I can hook my stock T5 setup to it just so I can move the car from place to place before it finds a garage for winter. But is doing a manual to auto swap a lot more difficult with the engine in? Its getting a TH350 by the way.

 

I can't think why you would even remove the engine to begin with?

 

When all the bearings have been spun, its time for a rebuild. Theres no engine in it now, hasnt been for almost a year.

 

I mean I can't think why you'd need to remove the engine to swap transmissions.

 

no you dont have to yank it, i've done three trans swaps all with the engines in place. just me and my dad under the car pulling the trans out, its a tight fit but it works.