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2-4-2014
Just found out the local Lincoln club pres is having engine work done on his Mk III. Here's a pic of them pulling his engine...
2-8-2014
It's 1:30 - taking a lunch break. Car is over in the garage ready for the engine pull! Excited! Can't wait for my neighbor to get back from an errand so we can pull the engine. I bought a 1-ton engine stand cuz he has an engine on his. I plan on breaking the engine down later today to see what condition it's in.
I'll be posting pics either this evening or tomorrow - takes about an hour to process all the pics and post them.
Stay tuned...
First set of pics are the car on the lift. Second set is removing all the underneath pieces/parts in prep for the engine pull. Unfortunately due to a communication problem with the guy that owned the shed, I wasn't there for the actual pulling of the engine. 
He and a friend did it in about 20 minutes. I then showed up and mounted it on the engine stand.
Overall, I'll have to say that my car looks a lot worse than I thought it was. The engine is disgusting and there's a lot of surfaces that will have to get refurbished while I have the engine out. I'll also try to permanently remove the sure-track braking unit. Won't be easy, I'll have to splice the brake line or replace the whole thing.
I'll be tearing the engine down now - will be taking a lot more pics! Stay tuned...
I'm going to replace the piece circled in red:
I have no idea how one of the stabilizer bushings got this way! Will fix it of course:
Bolt circled in red is one of the torque converter bolts - blue is the one torque converter drain plug.
I will be removing and plugging this piece:
Will have to replace the Timing chain cover - it's corroded through:
Final pics of the engine on my new 1-ton capacity AC/Delco stand. It was only $200 at O'Reilly's.
One of my sons:
