This afternoon I removed the engine from the Avant.  This time it took a bit longer than it has in the past, partly attributable to being a car that I’ve not worked on before and having some components that are not as removal friendly as ones on my Silver S4.

With the engine out of the car I began removing items from the engine in preparation for detaching the transmission.  My plan is to use the transmission with a lower mileage engine, and to sell the Avant’s engine.