Hi, leave the sway bar in the the vehicle and work around it, the elec plug "rotates" to dissconnect, leave the TC on the trans and the front shaft will come back and down with the whole thing, yes unclip the cooler lines from the rad/cooler (be sure to mark which one goes where and flush the cooler and lines) also mark or spray paint the 4- O2 sensor connectors because 3 of them have the same plug and same wire colors, make sure you use the correct fluids , study the shifter cable jam bolt , its easy to damage, the inverted torx bolt heads are soft , dont round them off , its easy to take off the firewall bulkhead by the wipers , then you can get at some of the bellhousing bolts, be sure the starter is straight when you put it in or it will break and last thing is when the trans is out look at the back of the motor for coolant drips or crusty dried antifreeze around the U shaped cover plus the crossover pipe with hoses attached.
Dave