Speaking of globalization, Harbor Freight Tools has a 50 US dollar transmission adapter that fits on the end of a floor jack. This made pulling the transmission back very easy. Of course the real benefit was when the transmission could be tilted at exactly the right angle and raised to the exact height when lining up the pins to bolt the transmission on later. Plus, the large area of the plate made it quite safe to use:
Back to the task at hand. After the u-joint behind the transmission is removed and the two bolts holding the tail of the transmission are removed from the crossmember, the transmission can be pulled back a couple inches:
There isn't enough room for the torque converter to fall out, but there is enough room to reach the bold that connect to the crankshaft:
A shot of the u-joint clip. I probably could have preserved the clips if I had used the correct kind of needle nose pliers. A new u-joint usually comes with clips:
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