What the F@#& was chevy thinking?

ohh one more i can think of.. to change a motor in a 4.3 s10 5 speed u have to pull the tranny out then the motor... you cant pull the motor far enough away from 5 speed because oil pan hits the front frame/differential
When I did my buddies 4x4 S-10, I pulled the fan and rad, then pulled motor and tranny out thru the hood as a unit, then seperated them on the ground. Went back in same way. Be sure to pull distibutor of you'll crack the cap against the cowl. Helps that I had an overhead hoist. I doubt most cherrypickers will go high enough to do it this way.