Hrm, well I know what you mean. Didn't even cross my mind. Will need a hand for that though I guess? Will wait for the old man to get home, he can do all the hard work hah.
But so, in short, lift the engine high enough to drop the whole cross member, which should be enough to get the remaining 24 bolts out of the sump?
And here I was removing some out of the converter etc :X