Week 6

The motor is in! I was advised to get help when lowering the engine but I ended up lowering it alone. Here are the steps for easy lowering.
Driver’s side mount and bracket should already be bolted onto the motor. Rear mount (the piece with the rubber in it) should be mounted to the subframe. I did this with the radiator, hood latch, and vertical support beam out. (You’ll appraciate the extra inch or so)
I didn’t have to remove the intake manifold. But removing the exhaust manifold helps (actually, you’d already have removed it to use the Integra mount bracket. just don’t put it back on until you have lowered the motor.)

Chain the motor so that the trans side drops slightly lower than the timing belt side.
Lower the engine enough so that the driver side mount is near the frame bracket. This is the first mount you should align. (do not try to bolt in yet.) Trans side will be significantly lower at this point.
With a short 2×4 on a jack, place it underneath the transmission. Jack it up slightly.
Now is a good time to bolt in the trans bracket+mount to the transmission (hand tighten). Also, bolt in the rear bracket onto the rear mount.
Jack up the trans side so that engine sits somewhat level. Align the driver’s side mount to the frame bracket by adjusting the cherry picker and jack up and down. This combination of jack and cherry picker is by far the easiest way to align. It requires no hard pushing and pulling and it’s easy on your back.
Once it’s aligned, you should be able to hand tighten the drive’s side mount bolt.
Align the trans mount with the hole on the passenger side frame (hand tighten bolts). Use the jack and little push and pull forward and back should do it.
Align the rear bracket holes and hand tighten bolts. Align using jack and little pulling and lowering with the cherry picker.
Once all the bolts are hand tighten, torque the bolts according to FSM (Factory Service Manual). I believe the order is #1. driver’s, #2. trans, #3. rear.

Motor is in!