Need an inexpensive transmission jack or jack to remove the cradle. I use a $120 motorcycle jack. This one is from Sears. Works much better then trying to balance them on a floor jack. These are pictues taken after removing the engine from my 97 Deville to replace the headgaskets. Note: It is important to remove the wheels before raising the engine too high or you will pull the cv shaft apart. I laid 2X6’s on top of the rails of the jack long enough to support the engine cradle. Makes it easy to move around.

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When I replaced the transmission in my Sebring it was necessary to build the rails up by using two 2x4’s on one side to fit the bottom of the transmission

You can also make a 3ft x 3ft 18in high table out of some scrap hard wood you may have laying around , i like mine to be as wide as the subframe so your not setting the weight of unit in oil of trans pan ..