mountainman,

I have pulled the trans with the engine in place twice. The first time I had no engine hoist, so it was the only way to go. I did it in a parking lot in Boulder, CO, and it took the whole afternoon and into early evening to get it out, get the rear main seal in, and get the transmission back in place but not all hooked up. I was glad I got that far because I had to finish it the next day with winds gusting to 80 mph coming off the Rockies. I did not have a trans jack, but used a short piece of 2x8 bolted to a cheap floor jack, combined with some ratcheting cargo straps.

The next time I had to pull a trans, I did have an engine hoist. But, since I was already experienced with pulling the trans only, I did it that way again with the same board and cargo straps.

So, it can be done, and it is not too bad a job if you have lots of extensions (like about 2 or 3 feet of them) to reach some of the bolts.

That said, since you have an engine hoist, you might be better off taking trichard's advice and pull them together. That may be smarter especially in your case because the 940T wagon is going to be the #1 car, and you want the best engine and trans paired up together in the that car.

I would trust a well-maintained engine with 220k before I would trust a poorly maintained/abused engine with 170k. If the trans is blown at 170k, I would suspect abuse or poor maintenance in that car. So, maybe you should pull the whole package from the wreck and drop it in the other car.

You might want to make sure there aren't some computer/sensor differences between the 93 & 94.

Charley