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I'm pulling the manual transmission in order to seal up the leaking 30yo seals between the rear main and the front transmission... among other things. Judging from the marred up Phillips head bolts, It's not the first time this has been done... 30 years and 300K miles... Clutches don't last that long. No surprise there. Bonus!! the carpet did not tear!! As a part of prepping to pull, I pulled up the carpet and boot for the shifter. Under that, on the firewall, it appears as though there was a plastic shell in the well of where your feet go. That has fallen completely apart, and I had to resort to using a vacuum to clean it up. I don't recall anything being like that on my D21 when I last did something like this 15 years ago. Under the sound dampening material, there was a small piece of aluminum foil covered heat dissipating material. I know Nissan put it in there for a reason, but I didn't see any evidence of that actually getting hot. Does anyone know exactly how important that is? Tomorrow... the work from underneath... mostly.... Oh fun... I hate working on exhaust!!!

I've done the engine-crane-through-the-door method on a Toyota. Worked great, but had me worried with how close to the windshield the boom ended up. I think I had a load leveller in between the crane and the trans, which was great for lining it up, but meant the boom sat higher than I would've liked. Might get more room to lift with the boom up against the trans. The firewall in mine had the same fluff panel, with the same layer of crumbling black plasticky crap. I assume the black crap was once rubber of some variety. Mine came apart like peanut brittle. The fluff behind it was saturated with lung dart stink, so it was all bin-bound anyway. I put a little sound deadening in its place, probably should've done more. Might do that the next time I have the dash out. I don't remember a foil bit. Where was that? Good luck with the exhaust! I was pleasantly shocked when the exhaust fasteners on my parts car just came loose like they were supposed to. Hopefully yours are similarly cooperative.

Either have to drop the front diff or remove the torsion bar crossmember. I'm older now, not struggling on my back anymore. Last time I put mine in, I used an engine crane through the passenger door.

If you have a 2x4 it’s much easier. 4x4 sucks. Pretty much have to take the front end apart. The trans are stupid heavy. Be careful and use a jack to support the trans. Strap it down so it doesn’t fall.

No smoke at all!