Its like saying i want my window down but dont want to turn the crank.
There is not a hope in getting the pan out if you dont raise engine a little. Crane boom all the way out, drop a chain and pull a motor mount bolt or two.
Exactly. ....and no offense to Matt when I say this......you know my smartassness, lol, but dang man, if you aren't willing to raise the engine to remove the pan, why on Earth do you even have an old car? You don't need an engine hoist. You can do it off the balancer with a floor jack and block of wood. Disconnect the motor mounts, raise the engine and stick some small 2x4s between the motor mounts and k member. And again, no offense, but in the time you've batted this around on the internet you could have done this job several times.
