[david-b]

You're trying to drop the whole thing? Just do it altogether. There's only 4 bolts connecting the trans to the motor (plus small stuff like the starter) but that's pretty easy. Once the axles are out and those bolts are out, it should be pretty easy to seperate. If not, find a place that has a little gap between the 2 and take a crowbar and wedge it out a little.

The input shaft goes a couple inches into the clutch, and since it has splines, it could be on there pretty good, especially if the trans/motor have never been disconnected.