Lessons learned - elephant ears

I dropped the trans last night with a few pieces of 3/4" pine between the pan and center link holding the engine up. Wood is turned so the center link lays across the grain.

The trick is always how to get it out with it sitting on the trans jack. When I was younger I'd just rassle it off the jack onto the floor, now I'll just wait until the engine's out and pick the whole car up off from it with the picker hooked to the K frame.

Two bolts to go if it will come out with the hood on, 6 if not.

Still wondering if I can get it out with the hood on. If nobody knows for certain, I'll just go ahead and pull it off now and save the hassle of running into it and needing to figure out how to deal with that while the engine's on the hook.