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My method worked well enough, but I was taking everything out from under the car. I first put the car in the air and as someone mentioned before I used the steer crossmember because my car has no usable jack points due to rust. then I removed the rear end with the drive / propeller shaft with it.I then removed everything that either could be damaged or would keep the engine from dropping. I would suggest checking two or even three times and don't forget to undo nuts where the engine mounts to the crossmember. Then with a cherry picker I supported the engine with chains looped around the mounts on the engine. Then remove transmission crossmember and engine crossmember. Work from the inside to the outer bolts on the engine crossmember and get the two bolts up in the engine compartment first, also watch out it might look like a nice and snug fit but it comes out rather easy. Then I put a piece of scrap 1/4 inch sheet metal under it and lowered the engine and transmission onto it and laid it over toward the driver side. Then I pulled it out the passenger side with just enough room to clear and dumping a little oil. But I was doing this in a barn with gravel floors and about a foot and a half space in front of the car. And I don't know if it makes a difference or not but I felt glad that I didn't have the radiator in there at the time.
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