For those who remove the engine without the tranny, I discovered a nice way to suspend the tranny to the car while the engine is pulled. Keep in mind, I own an 88 TII so I am not sure if this will work for all the other models. Basically, if you look perpendicular to the tranny (from either side of the car) you will notice that there is a section of the engine bay that lines up with the end of the tranny (the mounting framework for the engine which is bolted to the frame). This section has small "extensions" that line up with the tranny. If you measure from one end of this section to the other, you can cut a piece of 2" by 4" wood to the same length. This peice of wood will fit nicely under the tranny and over the engine mounting framwork, thus suspending the engine nicely. I'm sure many of you already have your own methods, I just thought this might help someone.

Here is a pic, it's a little blurry from compression.

 

Neat little trick, but I would personally just drop the transmission myself.

 

just use a jack, like the one that comes with the car.