One major mistake- - - -you should have unbolted the transmission from the bell housing. It attaches with four bolts, two of which come through from insisde the bellhousing, just above the sheet metal cover for the flywheel. Then the engine and bellhousing can be lifted out together.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!