In with the heavy lifting gear today and I had some help from Paul (he who collected the car with me). He'd lent me his engine hoist and was the best chap to operate it.
Once I'd made sure the chassis was protected, the engine was lowered into position nice and slowly. I recommend the starter motor gets fitted in advance of the engine being lowered in (I didn't and it was REALLY difficult to get the three bolts in).
The engine needs some persuasion to get it on the bell-housing (and on to the shaft coming out of the gearbox) but we got there in the end.
Just keep an eye on the Assembly Guide as there are a few mistakes - mainly which bolt goes where but it's pretty clear where the errors are.
Also, you need a 9mm (-ish) hex-head long reach socket (or, more likely, an imperial equivalent) for the LH mount - but I don't have one and can't find one so torquing it up will have to wait...
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