Thanks for the warm welcome as well as the knowledge fellas. As the photo below shows, I was able to get the engine out after about 30 mins work tonight. It was a combination of exciting and somewhat depressing as almost all of the fasteners had their original paint still perfect on them. I must also give IHC credit, previous experience with fasteners on other colored larger iron has been that everything is TIGHT. On this tractor, everything was barely snug, yet no hardware was missing that I can find, and after 35 years I was still able to crack bolts/nuts loose with 1/4 wrench turn then unscrew by hand. Hopefully to contribute an idea for others - I dont have an available hoist as I havent moved most of my tools to the new/old house yet, and rather than grunt it due to the awkwardness of handling, I ran a strap around a long 4x4 to make a "handle" that myself and her could get on each end of. We lifted, and I then fed her the excess length from my side in order to place the engine alongside the tractor without either of us taking a single step.
Found another item to buy - a driveshaft fan. The currently installed one is painted yellow and has no more than 1/2" of any blade left on the hub.
Unfortunately I had a rather busy day today, and have to be up in another 7 hours for another 10 of work, so I did not pull the old pan tonight. I will take a pic or two when I do and we can check to make sure IHC installed balance gears along with any other requests.
