Since it is going to the junkyard, use a sawzall and cut that pesky piece of sheetmetal between the headlights (the one that has the VIN number & codes). This way you don't need a load leveler, nor do you have to lift the engine so far up.

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D