[b-man]

How I do it by myself in my garage. No lift necessary.

The Mac’s Pivot Plate makes it easy

Both the engine and trans were being replaced.

I simply rolled the car backwards little by little as I extracted the engine and trans rather than pull the hoist rearward. Much easier to move the car carefully little by little to adjust for the clearance you need rather than to try to roll the hoist in any kind of precise manner with the weight of an engine and transmission hanging from it.

One thing you must be sure of is that you have enough clearance between the bottom of the front A-arms and the extended legs of your hoist. My car has 26.7” tall 215/75-14 tires on it so I had adequate clearance.

I know your car has low profile tires on it, it would be worth your trouble to find some 15” wheels that clear your disc brake setup and mount some tall used tires on them to ge the needed clearance for the hoist legs.

Just one of the different ways to do it, hope this helps.

Good luck.

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