Update on what I've been doing...
I removed the rear bumper cover and jacked up the car using the metal bumper. In my opinion, this is the safest way to do it. The plastic covers the trunk area to keep out any sideways rain and the huge amount of pollen that has been falling lately.
With the car lifted and on jack stands, I rolled out the cradle.
There are a lot of little things I am going to work on while the engine is out. In this picture you can see the plug that connects the engine wiring to the power train control module that is in the car. One thing that I didn't like is that wires that were too ling were just looped back, and the loops were gathered into bundles and combined with other wire bundles inside wire looms. I cut all of these looped wires, soldered the ends together, and protected the solder joints with heat shrink tubing. There were two of these loop bundles, but I had already fixed one when I took this picture.
I also replaced two of the firewall side spark plug cables. I had done them "blind" before, and made one too long and one too short. They're all a good length now.
