Cooperino....thanks. Just read on another forum about a guy who also took a 301 out with no hoist! Pretty amazing. Said he just "muscled it out of there"...lol I assume (this has to be a no-brainer) that you need something supporting the bottom as you begin removing mounting bolts? Otherwise won't the engine drop to the floor? I have to look at it more closely. I've worked around the thing over the past 47 years doing various jobs but never really looked around the engine from bottom and top to examine what actually holds it in. Then, of course, there's getting the new engine out of whatever shipping crate it came in and up and over the top of the tractor. I don't believe I have quite the strength I had in my younger days! I'm very used to keeping copious notes and pictures when I do any job - since it does not came "natural" to me to simply know what goes where and in what order when doing reassembly. Ripping stuff apart is easy (and fun!)...reverse not quite the same.
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