You have to pull the front clip apart, pull out the front differential, and transfer case, trans crossmember, remove motor mounts, all wiring and hoses and pull it straight out. I did it on my 87 4x4 when i sold the 2.8l. It ws easier than pulling everything apart since i was rebuilding the trans to handle 450+ on a daily im not planning on pushing more than 300 through it so it should be fine.
Its not severely hard but it can be done.
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Don't ever look at cars as just imports or domestics. Just because a car is made in a certain country doesn't mean that it is anything like another car from that country. An example of this is Mitsubishi reliability, just because they are Japanese doesn't mean that they are as reliable as a Honda or Toyota.
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