Did a little as I could today. Very close to the finish line. Almost there!!! So your starter is 3 (13mm) bolts. You will need a 3/8” drive socket and ratchet, you will need two swivels as well as two extensions. Go through the manifold and frame rail to get the top bolt off. Do this first off unlike me lol. For the middle starter bolt you need to go up in front of your control arm and stick an extension back to get on it. I tackled the driveshafts next, remove both front and rear. Front is 2 CV joints on both ends so remove bolts in both ends
Next I worked on the exhaust, you need to take the mid-pipe out which includes both catalytic converters. Disconnect all 4 oxygen sensors. No need to take them out, just follow the wires and disconnect the harness. BE SURE TO UNCLIP ALL WIRE RETAINER OFF TRANS. Remove the manifold flange bolts and then move back and cut the pipe to muffler bolts if rusty like mine. I sliced the forks that go into the mounts to remove easier and welded them back together for the install.
Once the exhaust system is dropped out support the transmission with your jack. The crossmember has 4 18 MM nuts and 15 mm bolts so you’ll need both sizes. A 13 MM deep well socket is what gets the trans mount nuts. Now pry the ends and the cross member will drop out.
Now get all bell housing bolts (13mm) but first drop the heat shield on the passenger side (easy). The top two are WAY up in there, get a light and prepare to swear ALOT lol. I had to lower the rear of trans to get the top ones to drop out afterward.
Lastly I took the inspection cover off the TC area by oil pan. There are 4 converter to flex plate bolts. You need to rotate the engine via the crank and a breaker bar to get all 4 of them, you can get one at a time. Once those are out the trans is free. Walk it off the dowels and she comes down. The old converter hung in there and took a bit of work to remove.
Install new converter, rotate it and make sure you push it in and seat it all the way in there. (Measure the old one and make sure it matches).....now you go in reverse.....