LKQ oceanside.
Self serve. I got there at 9:24am and was carting the block n heads to the the window to pay by 12:53.
I started at the core support , radiator, front accessories .... tbi,wire connects ,hoses i cut... then covers, intake manifold /exhaust manifolds. I pried and popped them downward , both of them at the same time.
Once I pulled the intake and heads off... i put a couple head bolts in the front of the block and took the motor mounts and bell housing loose. Somebody already pulled the starter which was lucky cause I didn't want to get under there to do that. The amount of crust that falls off of these things is amazing just putting a socket over a nut and you end up with Boulders in your eyes LOL. Anyhow... two head bolts and popped her up and pried her with the converter and all from the transmission...and it just popped up and onto to the k member resting on the pan...hoisted it out and scattered it as it hung from the picker.