Thanks for all the answers. I'm with JohnMc - at the price load levelers are there was nothing to think about and I already bought one.

Also thanks for the workarounds but long time ago I did change motor mounts using piece of rope and lots of sweat and swearing. After that experience I decided my back is worth spending some money on engine hoist even if I'll use it once or twice a year. The same applies in this case so all I needed was pointing out such thing as load leveler existed.

Besides I like new toys and it's such a pleasure to have the right tool for the job.

Certainly a load level rig would be nice--but in the absence of one a simple chain run diagonally across the motor-front to rear will allow you to shift the position without any trouble. A screwdriver jammed through a chain link against the hook will keep the motor/tranny at the angle you want. As others have noted--jack the car high enough to allow a radical angle--no body parts (except the hood) need be removed. On my last trip to NC I removed the engine and AW70 this way from the 245 which will receive an Olds 215 V-8 from the worn out 265 body I originally used (10 years, 150k miles on the road). This trip I'm 3/4 of the way to removing the V-8 and hope to at least have it plopped into place in the later body before returning to NY this weekend. Have fun. -- Dave

Thanks. Since there is a way that doesn't involve cutting I will choose that one.

Yes, my other Volvo is red. Unfortunately it serves as a parts source now.

The silver Volvo I play with now, has B200E engine but someone removed the K-Jet and put a ZS carb on it. Most of the K-Jet was gone so I didn't even think of restoring it. The conversion done by previous owner left much to be desired, the carb itself was very worn out. When looking for the best solution I've found v-performance.com and liked the idea of Mikunis. After torturing John with lots of questions I bought a pair.

The only problem was intake manifold since John works mostly with B18/B20 engines. Finally I have found that AQ140 Penta engines were B21 based and used twin Solex carbs. This manifold is very rare piece but possible to get. After lots of hunting I got one from Ebay.

I have those carbs on the manifold now and it fit right in. However to make it work on car it still needs some fiddling, drilling and tapping (vacuum, accelerator cable etc.). What I'm missing is time to finish that and I want to deal with those #%$*! brakes and seal the engine and transmission first.