Well i am going to school for diesel mechanic. All i had was 2 ton chain hoist, hand tools and a 3/4 drive socket set, and torch.
What i did was wrap a chain around the back of the engine and attached to hoist. Then i stuck blocks between the wide front axle and the front wieghts to keep the engine from flopping around. Then i placed a 2 ton floor jack under thr trans housing, And unbolted the torque convertor housing from the engine.
Then get a couple guys to help put one on each back wheel and one on the jack and roll the rear half from the front half.
Now to remove the torque convertor you will need to make a tool to bolt to the convertor and hook to chain hoist in order to pull out and lift up the convertor. This part is a bit tricky (probally the hardest part).
Back inside the torque convertor housing is 4 big nuts one in each corner. Remove them and take the hoist and remove housing. With housing removed you can see the bolt at the top left hand side of trans housing (looking at it from the front).
ALL this is done with hood, fuel tank and trans cover removed, I removed the front and rear cover,and any other small item you may see hendering the seperation process.
Once you get this far ask more question i will give answers.
P.S. I would purchase a repair manual for torque specs, etc.
RyanL