"P.J. Berg" wrote:
>
> Shag wrote:
> > Suppose you have an air-cooled VW engine with transmission attached to
> > it and the half-shafts are in place and the wheels are attached and no
> > fluids have been drained... Now you have this combination sitting on
> > the floor of your garage but it's taking up a little more room than
> > you'd like it to. Also suppose that there is a good attachment point
> > on both ends of the engine/tranny and you have a hoist set up so that
> > you could easily raise either end up, effectively making the
> > arrangement vertical, either with the engine on top or the
> > transmission on top. Also assume a sand-seal pulley is installed on
> > the engine. Would you be able to raise it up either way without
> > making a mess? I mean would you be able to raise the "engine end" up
> > with the transmission hanging beneath it or vice-versa without dumping
> > oil or transmission fluid all over the place? Maybe not a 90 degree
> > angle, but say a 60-70 degree angle? Thanks!
>
> Separate engine/tranny, place engine with flywheel against wall, and
> tranny up against wall with input shaft(clutch side)facing floor. No oil
> spills this way, if oil seal on ingoing axle is ok.
>
> Sounds like you bought your old bug back?
>
> J.

Use 2 blocks of wood under the bellhousing face, to take the load off
the input shaft.

jan