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The two bolts that connect the top of the bellhousing to the block are a real pia and have taken the most time to get out. I put a jack under the tranny crossmember and disconnected it. That allowed me to lower the tranny/engine enough to make those bolts accessible from underneath. Even then, I had to use a very long extension and swivel attachment on my wrench.


The way I've done mine is as follows (it helps when you have a 1" or higher body lift):
unbolt the motor mounts from the frame
lift engine up slightly
remove engine mount dampeners
lower engine back down so mount brackets are resting on the frame.

This will give you some additional space to get a socket/wrench/whatever in there to loosen the bolts up.
With my 1" BL, I was actually able to climb onto the engine bay and loosen those bolts without use of extentions.
My hands were alittle scraped up, but I got them out.
Hope this helps,
Todd

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