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[quote)I understand that you must tilt the back of the transaxle up to clear the tabs on the rear transaxle mounts. I read that the motor mounts must be "loosened" in order to tilt the engine and transaxle assembly to get the transaxle out... [/quote]

Not necessary to fiddle with the engine mounts at all, Dennis. There's enough flexibility in the mounts for the small amount of tilt. And transaxle removal is made much easier if you remove the three nuts on each ZF mount and the long horizontal bolt, then pry the whole ZF sideways enough to pull one of the ZF sidemounts off its studs and out of the way. The rt side is usually simplest. Once that is out, the left side ZF mount is easily removeable from under the shifter box. Then the ZF and bellhousing can be pulled straight back enough to clear the flywheel and lifted straight up. It weighs 155 lbs so be careful. You will need to block the oil pan so the engine doesn't sag. And don't forget to remove the three little 1/4" screws under the bellhousing that screws into the motor plate.