I put mine in with the trans, water pump and various peices on. TIGHT fit to say the least. It took three or four of us using various pry bars and "shoe horns" to push it BACK far enough.
The MAIN problem was the engine hoist did not have enough "reach", other than that not to bad. Getting the front of the engine high while keeping the tail of the tranny low was the biggest issue. The angle has to be quite extreme, and then at the last moment raise the tail shaft of the trans to get it in place.
We raised the tail shaft of the tranny basically with "brute force", all though really it wasn't "that heavy". More like a pivot point thing. The front of the engine clearing the front X frame was tough. After that, slipped right in, piece of cake!
PS
I had the freakin' motor mounts on backwards and everything ground to a halt while I crawled under to swap them around. THAT was a pain in the butt while all my buddies grabbed a chair and watched.
