refitting gearbox advice

Well yesterday I had a disaster of a day removing my gearbox, ruined my back (I have no crane), and today I've GOT to get the other gearbox in. Any tips on doing this? I'l be dropping the front of the car as low as possible and lifting it in, but as you may no getting the driveshaft flange up and over the flywheel and getting the 90degree mount in the right place is awkward. And to make matter worse the short driveshaft is still attached as the bolts have all rounded off and are on solid (which in a way is a good thing as the last one came off and ruined the threads on the flange, hence swapping boxes over).

Any tips on doing this would be greatly appreciated as I don't fancy destroying my back even more getting this gearbox on. I honestly don't know how I did it last time!

wouldnt it of been easier to drop the subframe off the car and split the box from engine then fit the new box?

Nah, thats far too much work! I got it on after a lot of swearing and pain. No more 2nd gear crunch and its a much nicer box, but it has done less than half the mileage of the other one. Are the ratios much different on a 4+E box to a gti box? I thought it was just 5th that was longer but it doesn't feel as quick through the gears

there all slightly longer mate.

That'l be why it feels slower then. They do feel slightly longer, it only really shifts when I put my foot down and the second throttle butterfly opens up

yeh if you want better acceleration you need to get a 1.6 gti mk1 box. am getting one on mine i rekons

not really too fussed about it, the whole point of going from carb to injection was better MPGs, just a bit disappointed that its made it a bit slower now I'm used to the gti box

yeh its one or the other really haha.