I am trying to get off my crankshaft pulley for timing/water pump/head gasket change and I'm confused. It appears that when I do finally get the pulley off the engine, it will slam into the body of the car. I cannot just yank the thing out through the wheel well, it looks like it will hit the inside of the engine bay.

There is about 2 inches between the pulley and the body. Is this okay or do I have to drop the engine more? Right now the front motor mount is loose and the passenger motor mount is completely off. I tried pushing down on the motor and it won't hunker down enough.

I read on this site that I would have to take out a body mount or something?

Any help would be appreciated. This seemed a lot easier in the write-ups.