I want to pull out the B200 engine and the AW70 transmission to be able to work on it with good access. I have a typical 1t. engine hoist like this one:

http://tinyurl.com/yk7wodm

My questions are:

1.Will I be able to pull the engine together with the transmission over the front bumper? I love my knuckles and would prefer to separate engine and transmission out of the car.

2.How do I remove that “shelf” that goes over the front lamps? When I was removing the engine in other V240 I had, I just took it off by unscrewing some bolts. Here it seems to be welded to those frames that hold lamps.

Once I discovered the above I disassembled everything in the down section thinking I'm going to remove the whole assembly where the radiator, grille and lamps are sitting. It seemed logical judging from where the screws were positioned holding all that piece together near the front bumper.

To my surprise when I removed all screws whole the frame became loose but didn't came off. It seems to be somehow "glued" to another sheet of metal that goes along with the front bumper and is installed with some rivets (and presumably welded) to the front fenders.

If you have no idea what am I talking about, please look at the photo:


and a short movie I made:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/glucosa/videos/8/

Is there any smart way to separate it or do I have to use force?