Make sure you also get the wire connector that shorts together or shall I say takes the place of neutral safety switch that is on an auto. If you don't, the car will never start until you complete that circuit.

Its located on the left side of the center console, close to where the reverse light wires run up from the transmission gear shift.

When you do get the transmission out, take the top cover off just to make sure none of the gears are blown apart. This won't tell you if you have any bearing issues, which you might, but it will at least tell you that you have all the gears intact.

When you go to take the flywheel off, if you don't have an impact gun, you will need to lock the engine so that you can spin the bolts off. The bolts may be 6 pt, or they may be a hex key. If hex key, replace them with 6pt when you put it back together. The flywheel goes back on a certain way for 89 to 93 cars, and the engine needs to be at TDC for it to work, pre-89, won't matter, or shouldn't.

Regards,

Matt
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1989 - 245, 1990 - 245, 1991 - 245, and 1993 - 245