Engine installation problem

1986 NISSAN HARDBODY
270,000 MILES
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SFV
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We can't get the engine to fit flush to the bell housing. We have tried lining it up several times.
Mar 13, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Manual or Automatic transmission?
Mar 13, 2012 at 9:31 PM
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it's a manual transmission. Now they wanna take the tranny out to put the engine on it and then stick the whole thing in there. Is that the best way to do ths?
Mar 15, 2012 at 4:10 PM
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For me, I dump both of them in connected-for some people engine 1st then followed by the transmission
Mar 15, 2012 at 4:19 PM