I had to do this because it was leaking oil badly from almost everywhere. I pulled the engine to replace the oil pan (cracked aluminum) and the rear main oil seal. I also fixed the other oil leaks. The two procedures of oil pan plus rear main separately called for dropping the front suspension frame plus removing the transmission, but leaving the engine in place with a brace. Total labor time allowed about 25hrs + parts replacement. Engine R&R is only listed as about 14hrs + parts replacement. This saves the customer labor time and me back pain. I was still on it most of 3 days... long days. I did some small jobs in between to break the monotony, though I still doubt I finished it within the "book time" we charge.

He traded his Porsche 928 for this car. I also worked on that one a little before the trade. I'd rather drive the Jag than the Porche anyway. The engine came out hard due to some corrosion on an alignment pin between the engine and trans, but it went in pretty easily. I spent a good two hours on that corrosion... probably more like 3 or 4. I didn't set my watch but I was plenty hungry and thirsty.
I had to be sure i hadn't missed something and that no thousands of dollars worth of aluminum parts would crack when I "caressed" them apart.

So that's a thing i did. Here's some more fuzzy pfone-cam pics

The civic T-belt plus clutch in the same day was more exciting for me, but that was a fortnight ago at least. Sometimes "book time" works out the other way... esp when you've done 1000 of the similar. (a years salary of tools helps too).