dropping engine

[yaris9876]

when you swapped engines on your 07...did you drop the engine down and was it one piece with the trans??? or did you do otherwise??
any notable issues??
also is it a big deal to get into the manual trans when its in the car to do some bearing replacement..??

[KTS]

In my 07 hatch I removed the black thing by the windscreen, took of the intake manifold, alternator and exhaust manifold and the engine and gearbox was removed from above without even taking off the hood.