Okay, here's a difficult situation possibly, need some experiences of others.

I have a parts car parked on grass across the alley from my garage, on axle stands - no wheels. The alley is unpaved, and slopes towards the parts car and away from the garage - upwards slope towards garage. There is a ditch behind the 300sd parts car, so it can't go back any further - just barely fits in there.

I'd like to pull the engine, but I remember seeing that you are not supposed to move the shop crane once you have the engine up. You are supposed to roll the car back first. Again, no wheels, no room.

So how do I pull the engine from this car with the shop crane sitting on unpaved ground, on a slight downslope towards the car?

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79 300SD - $50 out of pocket purchase
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