Originally Posted by P.J. Romano
I dropped the engine last month, installed Getrag and took an opportunity to replace the firewall insulation.
Tip #1 When installing engine back, put 12x6 piece of scrap sheet metal behind the valve cover. The engine will nicely slid, it might slightly dent the protection sheet but the firewall insulation will remain intact.
Tip#2 Remove the crankshaft pulley before dropping the engine - it can too easily get damaged by interfering with the suspension cross bar.
Tip #3 While the engine is out, take an opportunity and mark that timing ball on the flywheel with a drop of white paint. It will make it visible and make the next timing adjustment way easier.
Tip #4 For God's sake, drain engine and transmission oil or you will have a major mess on the garage floor. Took me three rolls of paper towel to clean it 
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. . . when timing ball is aligned with pointer,
mark crank pulley with chisel even with the long bar at the timing cover where the distributor is mounted . . .
