Good news and bad news. The good news is that the tranny's back on and all bolted/secured back to normal. I even got a new oil pan gasket on. All that's left is to get a replacement bolt for that short piece of exhaust that I took off (and gaskets for the flanges--if there is such a thing).

And now the bad news. My pass side lower ball joint bolt threads are shot. It looks like when I tried to use my puller to pop it out, it ballooned the threads out so the nut won't go back on. And the bolt spins in the joint and I don't think it's supposed to do that. The driver side ball joint has already been looking bad (although it bolted back on quite easily) and I also have a lower control arm bushing going out.

So if you guys don't mind me jacking my own thread, here's a few more questions I have:

1) The parts store said the tranny fluid is regular ol' 10w30, so I got some Pennzoil Platinum full synthetic for it. Will that work?
2) How easy are the ball joints and lower control arm bushings to replace? Will I need to remove the steering knuckle and have them pressed out or can it be done in my garage while still on the car?

At this moment I have no fluids in the tranny (or engine) yet, so I'm waiting to hear about the Platinum before I fill it.