And here's an update. It's been slow work as I recently moved to Utah from Seattle for a new job. Didn't touch the AMC for a couple months during the move. But have been steadily doing more work and have a new spacious two car garage. My stage one of the project is a complete engine bay restoration before I drop a new motor inside. I've finally got the complete drivetrain removed and most of the components in the engine bay. My next step is to power wash the engine bay to help prep for rust repair and new paint. Pics below.
The new spacious garage with my new daily driver on the left. (Volvo S70 T5). At least until the AMC is done.
This is where I was at this morning. Didn't want to buy a transmission jack so I ended up manhandling it out from underneath the car all by myself.
Was debating unbolting transfer case from transmission before I got it out from underneath. So I unbolted the shifter as per the FSM, then discovered something missing ...
Then went to remove more nuts and saw, oh, they were already quite lose for me!
Decided it was going to take too long to separate the two and just gave up and dragged it out from underneath.
Engine bay about ready for powerwash. Going to remove brake master cylinder, clutch cylinders, and steering box after power wash. Then I will still be able to roll it but no stopping!