Any tips on pulling motor and trans together

cudavert said

Hey, what do you guys think about those square lifting plates that bolt on to the intake manifold's carb mounting flange?? I swear, those things always scared the hell outta me!! Only four 5/16ths bolts holding an engine and trans?!? I would never use one.

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I've done it on my 440/727 combo with the stock intake plus I don't take off the hood. The trick with the hood is to just remove the two front bolts and just barely loosed the rears. When the motor comes out just raise the front of the hood slightly. This also works on B-Bodies.