Well, I finally got the tranny out last night. I took a vacation in the middle of it.

Believe it or not the hardest part was disconnecting the shifter from the tranny. The pin would NOT come out. I beat and beat it. I ended up drilling it out. I went though about $40 in drill bits too.

The problem, as it turns out, was that one of the spring came out of the clutch plate. It was stuck between the clutch and the pressure plate. No damage to the flywheel!

So, now it on to looking for a clutch kit and putting it all back together. Thanks again for all the advise.