[V8COOPMAN]

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...........and get that radiator out of there! It'll give you way more room, plus there's no chance of banging it with the engine and damaging it. THAT would piss ya off BIGLY! You'll need to remove the two radiator to firewall rods anyway. I'd put just a little tension (floor jack) under the forward end of trans just to keep the tension off of the input shaft as you slide the engine forward and away from the trans. Then, if it makes ya feel good, you can lay a metal bar/Uni-strut across the X-frame rails just in front of trans. Drill a couple of holes in the bar and run chunk of chain UNDER input shaft to support it, keeping a big load off of the u-joint and it's center bolt. Sorry to hear about the bad gri-gri in the oil!! DD