I followed the FSM in
a) removing intake, pitch stopper, starter, clutch cylinder, fork release shaft etc from inside engine bay
b) remove exhaust and prop shaft, disconnect linkages above and below transmission tunnel (left shift lever in place)
c) disconnect sway bar end links, remove ball joint from hub, swing hub outwards to remove outboard end of driveshaft. Left the driveshafts located in front diff.
d) undid the transmission mounts from the body, lifted the rear of the transmission down onto some timber resting on one of the front wheels so that it could slide back easily, and floor jack under the front of the box
e) undid transmission from engine, tilted front of engine up with another jack to help with the angle to slide off transmission backwards until had enough room to work on the clutch/flywheel. Pic below.
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The pic shows the pitch stopper still in place but I removed it shortly after I took this picture as it got in the way of the torque wrench. Eagle-eyed readers will also see that the pitch stopper is cracked...
Next time I will suspend the fork release lever with some wire as I forgot to check it's position a second time when fixing the transmission to the block and got it wedged (no damage). I also put the starter back into place before working out that I hadn't re-fitted the fork release lever dust cap back in place. Frustrating, about an hour and a half wasted across these two things.
I noticed that the FSM doesn't show all of the locations that the tranny is fixed to the block: there is one short bolt at the very top of the block, and there are 2 nuts (not bolts) at the bottom on each side of engine. Just in case you are wondering why the box won't slide off (the top bolt got me).