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I'm a short guy so my issues may be different, but working on more than one item at a time, I found raising the rear of the car, like on stands or ramps, lowers the nose. This makes it easier to lean over the engine from the front and I place a cushion from something like an outdoor chaise lounge across the engine and front end to allow laying out on top of the engine, sort of like this. This is my grandson on the red crusher Reatta revival.

It wasn't the worse for me to be out there. I also scored a like brand new Goodyear Gatorback serpentine belt. Charged me $5.00 retail is $30.00...

Well I feel kind of stupid. I was out at Gibson's weeks ago and thought I would want to do the Delco ignition module/coil pack upgrade so I got what I needed and when I got home I set them on the side of the workbench and promptly forgot about them. For the last week I was getting a "bucking" under hard acceleration and thought MAF sensor. Swapped it in took it for a drive and no better and left it in. Had an extra Magnavox ignition module/coil pack swapped that in, car ran worse. So now I figure I'm on the right track, same symptoms only runs worse, I need an Delco ignition/coil pack, but I don't have the conversion plate. Never looked at the work bench just jumped in the car [I swapped back in the original Magnavox ignition and ran over to Gibson's and get a conversion plate and another Delco Ignition Module/Coil Pack. Get home set it on the work bench and now what do I see? What I needed just waiting for me to install the stuff I just got at Gibsons. So now I have more conversion plates then I have Reattas...

The motor won't move much Jon. After my last post I happen to think that my '88 has different motor and transmission mounts than later models so I don't know how much the motor will move on your car. Any amount you can pull it forward should help give you a little more room to get your hands back in there to work on the manifold. It has been several years since I did it but what I remember is removing both bolts in the dogbone and taking it off. Then I put the bolt back in the dogbone bracket on the engine. I connected a hook on one end of the strap to the metal bracket the red arrow points to in the photo below, and connected the hook on the other end of the tie-down strap to the dogbone bolt - running the strap approximately across the area where the green arrow is pointing. Next I inserted a huge screwdriver I have ( about 2 feet long) into the dogbone bracket on the engine and used it as a prybar to pull the engine forward while keeping the slack pulled out of the strap at the same time to hold the engine forward as much as possible. I don't remember exactly how I did that so you will have to experiment to see what works best for you in getting a prybar in place to pull the engine forward. Once I got the engine forward as much as possible the hard job was putting my knees on the radiator support and hunching over the engine to get to the back plugs. With me having two bad discs in my back it is hell for me to stay in that position for very long. Putting an old quilt doubled up under your knees will help a lot but it is still an uncomfortable position to be in. Seems like having a supercharger on top of the engine would make it even harder to get to the back of the engine. Hope you can find an easier way to do it than I did. It might be a lot easier if you had the hood off so you have more room to move around. Maybe 2seater or Dave have some tricks they can offer to make getting to the back of the engine easier.

UPDATE: A big shout out to Jim Finn for getting me a working servo, for half the price of a remanufactured one, just got it today and installed it and took a drive works like new! Thank you everyone your advice it's much appreciated!

I think your way is a lot easier than the way I did it when I changed my spark plugs. I hope I don't need to get back there again for a long time.

It is about an inch longer and what you see on the end is the first part of the new exhaust pipe. the pipe will be extended. It is also bigger around. That may be why it looks longer.

No, No, I didn't take it that way. I thought you had an idea that I missed. I thought I had everything covered and it seemed like maybe I missed something.

Now I feel confident that I will be able to finish this project. I am waiting for a tie down strap and The I will go back at it. Here is the cause of all this trouble. A new rear manifold with 2 1/2" down pipe. With this complete, I will be able to get the air out. I had a restriction getting it out not in.